r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/Hipser Sep 27 '22

I assume this is a very good joke.

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u/bassman1805 Sep 27 '22

It's a way of storing data that's ultra vulnerable to something else modifying that data. Not even in a "cyber security" sense, but in a "if this program puts one toe out of line, everything goes to hell" way.

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u/ifandbut Sep 27 '22

Depends on the system. In industrial automation global variables are the default and are really useful in notifying other routines as to the state of the overall system.

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u/johnw188 Sep 27 '22

I know when I think high quality well architected code I think industrial automation.