Graphics Programs Reference
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PROGRAMMING
Hacker
is a term for both those who write code and
those who exploit it. Even though these two groups of
hackers have different end goals, both groups use similar
problem-solving techniques. Since an understanding
of programming helps those who exploit, and an under-
standing of exploitation helps those who program, many
hackers do both. There are interesting hacks found in both the techniques
used to write elegant code and the techniques used to exploit programs.
Hacking is really just the act of finding a clever and counterintuitive
solution to a problem.
The hacks found in program exploits usually use the rules of the
computer to bypass security in ways never intended. Programming hacks are
similar in that they also use the rules of the computer in new and inventive
ways, but the final goal is efficiency or smaller source code, not necessarily a
security compromise. There are actually an infinite number of programs that
