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		tkz1312 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Ol... The bug was a simple segfault and did not result in the production of invalid or incorrect code.

saghm 6 months ago [–]

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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