Improve the OOP ABI
Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole
richard at cattermole.co.nz
Mon Jan 22 22:49:15 UTC 2024
On 23/01/2024 11:41 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/22/2024 12:57 PM, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole wrote:
>> The string comparison is the only way to do the comparison reliably.
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> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/201705/how-many-random-elements-before-md5-produces-collisions
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> One collision in 6 billion hashes per second for 100 years.
If we were gambling on something not happening, those are great odds.
However if this does occur, silent memory corruption is possible.
I don't want to be gambling on whether there will be silent memory
corruption.
This is my perspective on the topic anyway. I love guarantees of program
security.
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