brent timothy saner on 5 Oct 2018 15:18:02 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to generate ridiculous replies 

On 10/5/18 5:55 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 4:58 PM Keith C. Perry
> <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote:
>>
>> Even on the software front, too many "programmers" just grab libraries
>> and code from the net.  How many do that **before** flow charting and
>> constructing their solutions with pseudo code or prototypes to see if
>> they want to or should use an existing library?  How many of these
>> programmers fit their solutions around the code they find in the wild
>> versus finding the bits that will fit **their** solution?
> 
> If anything I find the reverse is true.  I am dealing with groups
> exchanging xml and it seems like everybody involved is writing their
> own parsers.  This includes a company that basically specializes in
> EDI interfacing.  It causes various headaches, and if there is a
> problem and I ask somebody if the xml validates they look at me like I
> have two heads.
> 
> If you're about to contemplate writing your own xml parser, DO NOT do
> any flow charting.  DO NOT use pseudo code.  DO NOT think about the
> problem at hand.  JUST USE THE LIBRARY!!!!
> 
> Yes, there are probably situations where that blanket advice.  If you
> work in anything resembling a normal job they don't apply to you...
> 

but... but XSD/schemas.. there's literally a way to create agreed-upon
validation, not just for well-formedness but for data types!

reading this has ruined my weekend

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