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Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released

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Subject Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released
Date 10 Feb 2026 04:40:02 GMT
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:37:50 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:

> You've got a few years on me.  I've always believed in writing tight and
> efficient code whenever possible. I'd often use assembler to achieve
> those results. Or, ASIC or C mixed with asm or interrupt calls depending
> on my mood at the time.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/compilers_undermine_encryption/

Interesting article. The compiler optimizes away the carefully crafted 
scheme to prevent password hacking by seeing which character it fails on.

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Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-02-10 03:37 +0000
  Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-10 04:40 +0000
    Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-02-12 20:03 +0000

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