Ken Thompson's Reflections on Trusting Trust
Ken Thompson's Reflections on Trusting Trust
Posted Feb 28, 2009 0:18 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Ken Thompson's Reflections on Trusting Trust by JoeBuck
Parent article: LinuxDNA Supercharges Linux with the Intel C/C++ Compiler (Linux Journal)
All this proves is that the GCC Cabal has sneaked appropriate patches into
every compiler capable of building GCC, even the proprietary ones.
every compiler capable of building GCC, even the proprietary ones.
(This is quite practical, using some of the money left over from the
construction of the secret Antarctic base. Rumours that the SC has orbital
compiler-control lasers are entirely without foundation.)
Posted Feb 28, 2009 22:46 UTC (Sat)
by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
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Shhh.
Ken Thompson's Reflections on Trusting Trust