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The shoulders of giants?

Posted on June 29, 2015March 3, 2016 By Joel Mentmore
Climbing up a pyramid of pygmies.

Software development is less  standing on the shoulders of giants, more like clambering up a pyramid of pygmies.

Many software developers are cribbing code, and its flaws, that someone else created. And the problem is only getting harder to keep up with.

Source: Programmers are copying security flaws into your software, researchers warn – CNET

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