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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
> In fact, given the almost universal absense of third-party binary
> software, and the hostility and sofistication of current attacks
> on security, I am almost convinced that the correct thing to do is
> to discontinue 'a' entirely and make 'A' mandatory for all programs.

I agree.  A core dump is far more useful than whatever cryptic error
message and memory corruption one may get without 'A'.

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