RE: compiler bugs

"Quinn Tyler Jackson" <quinn_jackson2004@yahoo.ca>
Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:57:33 -0700

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From: "Quinn Tyler Jackson" <quinn_jackson2004@yahoo.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:57:33 -0700
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 09-04-077
Keywords: errors
Posted-Date: 29 Apr 2009 05:15:32 EDT

Jeremy J Starcher said:


> That said, when I come across a problem, I always assume the bug is in my
> code until I can provide a test case that clearly demonstrates that the
> compiler itself is at fault.


I can count on one hand the number of genuine compiler bugs I've been able
to isolate and reproduce well enough to report as official bugs. (Even the
so-called optimization bugs turned out to be my violation of some contract
with the compiler, such as aliasing when I oughtn't have.)


That said, I couldn't count in all the bits of a gigabyte how many times
I've heard programmers (including myself) say: "The *($@&&^ compiler is
buggy!"






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Quinn Tyler Jackson


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