▲ 1161 ▼ Asking the real questions (jlai.lu) submitted 2 years ago by ElCanut@jlai.lu to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 214 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 114 points 2 years ago (5 children) That's easy, just call it Jhon\nDoe permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago (4 children) John\0Doe will fuck with all C (and C based derivatives) software that touches it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pelya@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago Nah, it will end up simply as "John" in the database. You need "John%sDoe" to crash C software with unsafe printf() calls, and even then it's better to use several "%s" permalink fedilink source parent [–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) C and C derivatives will be fine unless they're fucking up encoding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Which rarely, if ever, happens. Especially with US software. permalink fedilink source parent [–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago With an address in 's-Hertogenbosch to help people who are lazy about escaping. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago (4 children) John\0Doe will fuck with all C (and C based derivatives) software that touches it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pelya@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago Nah, it will end up simply as "John" in the database. You need "John%sDoe" to crash C software with unsafe printf() calls, and even then it's better to use several "%s" permalink fedilink source parent [–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) C and C derivatives will be fine unless they're fucking up encoding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Which rarely, if ever, happens. Especially with US software. permalink fedilink source parent [–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago With an address in 's-Hertogenbosch to help people who are lazy about escaping. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelya@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago Nah, it will end up simply as "John" in the database. You need "John%sDoe" to crash C software with unsafe printf() calls, and even then it's better to use several "%s" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) C and C derivatives will be fine unless they're fucking up encoding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Which rarely, if ever, happens. Especially with US software. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Which rarely, if ever, happens. Especially with US software. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago With an address in 's-Hertogenbosch to help people who are lazy about escaping. permalink fedilink source parent
