Catastrophic compiler errors

"Mark Lacey \[MSFT\]" <mlacey@microsoft.com>
6 Apr 2002 23:40:24 -0500

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From: "Mark Lacey \[MSFT\]" <mlacey@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 6 Apr 2002 23:40:24 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
Keywords: errors, practice, question
Posted-Date: 06 Apr 2002 23:40:24 EST

I'm wondering if anybody can point me to any information regarding cases
where buggy compilers (in particular buggy optimizers & code generators)
caused a catastrophic failure of some kind.


I'm thinking of events along the lines of the Patriot missile incident in
'91, or Ariane-5 rocket in '96, both of which were caused by poorly
designed/implemented numerical code. Does anyone have analagous stories
regarding compilers that generated bad code resulting in some kind of
massive disaster?


Thanks in advance.


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Mark Lacey
mlacey at microsoft dot com
Microsoft Visual C++ Program Management

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