Just an interesting writeup of an exploit; as the article mentions at the end, the bug was fixed before it ever made it into production software, so it’s not something to worry about.
It’s pretty amazing how fast we’ve been able to make Javascript, a language in no way suited for speed. I wonder how far we would be if we’d put this much collective effort into a web language built on firmer footing, from a speed/safety/simplicity standpoint.
Just an interesting writeup of an exploit; as the article mentions at the end, the bug was fixed before it ever made it into production software, so it’s not something to worry about.
It’s pretty amazing how fast we’ve been able to make Javascript, a language in no way suited for speed. I wonder how far we would be if we’d put this much collective effort into a web language built on firmer footing, from a speed/safety/simplicity standpoint.