alt Hacker NewsC standard library is also very small. The issue is not the standard library. The issue is adding libraries for snippets of code, and in the name of convenience, let those libraries run code on the dev machine.
C standard library is also very small. The issue is not the standard library. The issue is adding libraries for snippets of code, and in the name of convenience, let those libraries run code on the dev machine.
The issue is that our machines run 1970s OSes with a very basic security model, and are themselves so complex that they’re likely loaded with local privilege escalation attack vectors.
Doing dev in a VM can help, but isn’t totally foolproof.