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CS240 AI Cheating Retrospective

120 points · 104 comments · ArchAndStarch

  1. warkdarrior · · focus · HN ↗

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    1. warkdarrior · · focus · HN ↗
      And in case anyone is not sure what I am talking about, see this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;media.defense.gov&#x2F;2022&#x2F;Nov&#x2F;10&#x2F;2003112742&#x2F;-1&#x2F;-1&#x2F;0&#x2F;CSI_SOFTWARE_MEMORY_SAFETY.PDF" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;media.defense.gov&#x2F;2022&#x2F;Nov&#x2F;10&#x2F;2003112742&#x2F;-1&#x2F;-1&#x2F;0&#x2F;CSI...
      1. aesthesia · · focus · HN ↗
        Note that the word &quot;deprecate&quot; appears nowhere in that document.
        1. warkdarrior · · focus · HN ↗
          The wording at the end is quite clear, even if it does not use the exact word &quot;deprecate&quot;:

          &gt; &quot;NSA advises organizations to consider making a strategic shift from programming languages that provide little or no inherent memory protection, such as C&#x2F;C++ and assembly, to a memory safe language when possible.&quot;

          1. aesthesia · · focus · HN ↗
            Deprecation is a speech act. It&#x27;s something that can only occur if you use the word itself.
            1. selimthegrim · · focus · HN ↗
              Derogate?
    2. fxwin · · focus · HN ↗
      Universities teach one of the most influential and ubiquitous programming languages, crazy
      1. ChickeNES · · focus · HN ↗
        Rust fans begging for attention, news at 11.
    3. compiler-guy · · focus · HN ↗
      Deprecated or not, there are billions of lines of code out there that use it, and the odds of a random CS graduate encountering it are very, very high. So it makes sense to be familiar with it.
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