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by leephillips 3712 days ago
Git started in 2005. I'm sure Torvalds knew all about buffer overflows then, but decided to use C. You seem to think this is a crazy decision.
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codygman 3712 days ago
> Git started in 2005. I'm sure Torvalds knew all about buffer overflows then, but decided to use C. You seem to think this is a crazy decision.

Well is it? Will it be if Linus isn't maintaining it?

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leephillips 3711 days ago
Linus Torvalds has not been the git maintainer for years.
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