It's 1 compared to 86, 86 *is* the baseline.

atherton94027 · 2026-01-06T16:03:59 1767715439

But you need to control for lines of code at the very least — otherwise you're comparing apples to oranges

staticassertion · 2026-01-06T19:09:59 1767726599

I'm perfectly happy to say that it's not a very good way to make a comparison.

erk__ · 2026-01-06T18:09:44 1767722984

Then it would not be unscientific.

atherton94027 · 2026-01-06T18:23:41 1767723821

Yeah I mean I could also say "there are no CVEs written in PERL in the kernel ergo PERL is safer to write than Rust". Given there's close to zero .pl files in the kernel, I think we can all agree my assertion holds

jason_oster · 2026-01-07T00:16:59 1767745019

That claim relies on an absurd "in the kernel" qualifier, making it difficult to agree with. Furthermore, your hypothesis is that "we all" agree with claims that rely on absurd conditions as a matter of course.

f1shy · 2026-01-06T16:51:26 1767718286

That is no base line. That is a comparison with no statistical value.

erk__ · 2026-01-06T19:28:35 1767727715

Tbh I thought that was clear when I used the phrase "unscientific".