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0 pointslmm1y ago0 comments

> Recursion based stack overflow issues are easier to exploit because modern computer's stack space is much smaller relative to other resources.

Sounds like a design issue in particular language implementations rather than a problem with the programming technique.

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Enginerrrd1y ago

>Sounds like a design issue in particular language implementations rather than a problem with the programming technique.

You say this like these are fundamentally separable things? I find this comment deeply confusing. Every single real software stack ever has a layer where the sausage gets made so to speak.

fc417fc8021y ago

Stack overflow should not be a vulnerability for any modern tool chain. As to resource limits, LLVM has supported segmented stacks for something like a decade or maybe longer. Recursion is absolutely not the problem here. Outdated programming practices are.

BradSwain1y ago

> Outdated programming practices are.

What is the outdated programming practice at fault here?

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