Google is introducing a new search service - strictly for computer programmers only. The Web search leader said late on Wednesday it is introducing Google Code Search, a site that simplifies how software developers search for programming code to improve existing software or create new programs. Google product manager Tom Stocky said the company is set to help programmers sift through billions of lines of computer source code using its familiar search box to uncover snippets of reusable software.
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Google may not be the first in this sector (see codefetch.com, koders.com, krugle.com...) but, as usual, it bring some serious momentum here.
More importantly, IMHO this means that there's:
1. a lot of code freely (?) available out there to justify this kind of effort,
2. an (estimated) big number of potential programmers who want to use/reuse it.
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Excellent! BTW, here's the link: http://google.com/codesearch
Now if only we could get a special google search engine for explanations of cryptic error messages that doesn't turn up page after page of unanswered questions about that error message!
Edit: removed superfluous slash.
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And here's the source code of a WinZIP keygen:
http://www.google.com/codesearch?q=+keygen+name+serial+show:n7lzx83...
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Put some code on a searchable place. Claim it does X. Hide some code that does Y too!
How would this work exactly?
You are searching and viewing source code, its all right there for you to see.
Unless you regularly download and use source code that you absolutely do not understand, never take the time to learn and it somehow passes all of your QC and testing procedures.
I'd fare to guess you aren't going to stay in buesiness at that rate and the *bad* code is the least of your concerns.
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There were already problems with Google and porno-magazines, Google and scientologists, Google and belgian newspapers.
New bunch of problems is coming - published code with doubtfule license - like Sun's one or MS "shared" which are viral - you either get infected immediatelly looking at it or violate license itself.
I doubt't that Google search-bots will care everytime about this corporate idiocy
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While I don't agree with NotParker that black hats will use this to put intrusions in code hoping others will use it, I do think this could be relatively bad for web based applications. Simple search for "Where $_POST" with php as the language could result in some amazing SQL injection opportunities.
Then you know which project has them and all you have to do is find someone that utilizes that project (which isn't hard, you can do web servers for page names, etc).
http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=Where+%5C~...
