Liam Proven1d ago

This may be the first year of a million CVEs

https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/98430.html

From Reddit I learn that a new generation of LLM bots is getting really really good at finding exploitable vulnerabilities in large C codebases, and making exploits for them.

Good.

Maybe it will result in the destruction of the entire C-based software industry before the LLM industry self-immolates. Slight snag: it may take human civilisation with it.

This may be the first year of a million CVEs

From Reddit I learn that a new generation of LLM bots is getting really really good at finding exploitable vulnerabilities in large C codebases, and making exploits for them.<br /><br />Good.<br /><br />Maybe it will result in the destruction of the entire C-based software industry before the LLM in

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Show threadLiam Proven6h ago

@Photo55 D as in https://dlang.org/ ?

Looks good. I am not well-equipped to judge.

Personally I dislike C syntax. All curly-braces languages turn me off.

Give me

BEGIN
Do Stuff
END

... any day.

But I recognise I am in the minority:

https://x.com/smdiehl/status/855827759872045056

> C syntax is magical programmer catnip. You sprinkle it on anything and it suddenly becomes "practical" and "readable".

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