Edit: Yes, I know this is a dupe. I've been told many times in short order. I did do a search before posting... but I searched on the URL of the story, and that did not turn up any threads.

I'm a Perl programmer in a Java shop. I've been making some inroads here. The boss has been pretty impressed with my work in Perl. But today one of my colleagues circulated this story, written by somebody who obviously has a dim view of Perl to begin with. My first thought was, "Is this news? This sounds like the sort of thing that taint checking was invented for."

So I give you the story for your reading pleasure, and ask for feedback from those more knowledgable than myself. Is he simply talking about taint? Is this as serious as he makes it out to be?

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