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Re:Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ B... by tkz1312 on Friday August 15, 2025 @05:36PM (#44917534)
The bug was a simple segfault and did not result in the production of invalid or incorrect code.
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Re:Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ B... by saghm on Saturday August 16, 2025 @04:55PM (#44926857)
Segfaults are the lucky case when you run into undefined behavior. The unlucky case is that you just get a program doing something different than what you intended without any clear indication that something went wrong.
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