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What are some examples of xkcd 2347? (xkcd.com)
submitted 1 year ago by jeff to c/programming
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I've heard people mention curl and imagemagick. Any others that you know about?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I believe the nodejs fiasco is what prompted this comic?https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/

[–] balder1993 5 points 1 year ago

Another example is a large number of libraries using an external dependency to check if a number is odd.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I believe it was the OpenSSL-security scandal, iirc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's possible leftpad was an example Randall was thinking of, but the date of the comic is Aug 17, 2020, more than 4 years after leftpad.

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency