Re:The Following Code Causes Segfault in Clang
by andrewchambers on Saturday August 02, 2014 @10:12PM
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I guess I was being to harsh on the memory issues in C++.
In practice it is a non issue, because build scripts can run arbitrary code long before a memory corruption in the system compiler. And if you plan on running the code you just compiled, you must already trust the code.
Unless of course its a segfault in LLVM and not just clang. LLVM is used for JIT in web browsers now, not that there are really any suitable replacements for C++ right now.
In practice it is a non issue, because build scripts can run arbitrary code long before a memory corruption in the system compiler. And if you plan on running the code you just compiled, you must already trust the code.
Unless of course its a segfault in LLVM and not just clang. LLVM is used for JIT in web browsers now, not that there are really any suitable replacements for C++ right now.