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Regarding the notion that a program shouldn't crash at all, the argument is there and just in some regards. However, I can edit the memory of any program to crash it. How do you think you could prevent that?
a quote from one of the worst github issue discussions i've seen: https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4558
@hikari lol. lmao.
Stop bringing meaningless opinions like "Buffer overflow is a vulnerability"
please excuse me while I go scream into the void for a few hours
@hikari
thanks for sharing the brain damage from this discussion. a whole lot of swearing because someone thinks they're too good to write:
```
if (numberOfMoves == MAX_MOVES)
{
PrintError("Reached move limit.");
ExitCleanly(1);
}
```
or increase a number by 64. computers were a mistake.
@hikari faaaaaark.
Some people should not be permitted to touch a compiler.
Doing wonders for the reputation of chess players' mentality here.
@hikari I had to stop reading. Ow.
I am impressed by the people who managed to keep arguing, in a calm and professional tone, that security bugs are actually bad. It's not an argument you should have to make!