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by themgt 3 days ago
Putting something in a spec does not automatically make it true.

Terrible news for computing.
1 comments
spockz 1 day ago
The point is that you need to take care to make the implementation of that endpoint safe. It isn’t safe magically by itself.
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themgt 1 day ago
Great, got it. I'll update my running "how computing works" chart with this new information:

  | implementation = reality | magic  |
  |-----------------------------------|
  | 999,999,999,971 (+1)     | 0      |
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