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Yes. When I write anything in Perl I frequently try to compact what would be several lines in just a few obscure expressions.

But as the Freebsd security head, what do you do to understand a large code base you probably aren't familiar with and its security implications?

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But as the Freebsd security head, what do you do to understand a large code base you probably aren't familiar with and its security implications?

I ask someone to explain it to me.

Being FreeBSD Security Officer, I have an uncommon luxury: I have about 200 highly qualified developers available who will stop what they're doing and help me out if I say "so, umm, I sort of need to understand how this code works...".

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