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From: eric at arcticbears.com (Eric Paynter) Subject: IE is just as safe as FireFox On Mon, November 15, 2004 11:25 am, joe said: >> Everytime a Firefox exploit comes out..there is already a fix... >> is that magic? No..it is good coding... > > Having a quick fix out is due to low complexity of issue and assisted by a > lack of dependencies so you have reduced time for patching and testing. It > has nothing to do with code quality. But high quality code that has a sound and well documented architecture can be more easily updated without messing up dependencies, whereas low quality code can be a nightmare to find let alone correct even the most trivial bug. There are always exceptions, but *in general*, it is easier (less effort, faster turnaround) to maintain high quality code. -Eric -- arctic bears - email and dns services http://www.arcticbears.com
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