Re: failure due to compiler?

bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
13 Jul 1996 21:33:09 -0400

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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 13 Jul 1996 21:33:09 -0400
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
References: 96-07-041 96-07-056 96-07-064
Keywords: errors

Dennis Yelle <dennis@netcom.com> wrote:
that somebody wrote:
>|> I am looking for pointers or references to descriptions where software
>|> has compiled without error and later failed due to compiler-introduced
>|> errors in the resultant program. In other words, the source was deemed
>|> to be error free but the compiler botched the code generation.


Yes, compilers have bugs. I've seen many. What would be more
interesting (to me, anyway) would be cases where compiler bugs actually
caused some real damage. E.g. so-and-so plane crashed because of a
compiler bug, and killed so-and-so number of people. Or so-and-so
company lost $100,000 because of a compiler bug. Or some such thing.


- Bob
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