Comments on: Nov 2nd (day 21): Obviously wrong truths http://sketches.bumblebeelabs.com/nov-2nd-day-21-obviously-wrong-truths/ Ideas, unorganized Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tomasz Wegrzanowski http://sketches.bumblebeelabs.com/nov-2nd-day-21-obviously-wrong-truths/comment-page-1/#comment-8617 Tomasz Wegrzanowski Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:29:08 +0000 http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/?p=281#comment-8617 Check kernel mailing list every now and then - gcc has plenty of bugs. I was bitten by one ages ago too, something related to signedness and long longs, I don't remember the specifics any more.<br><br>Many of gcc bugs are things that are underspecified in C standard, but just because C standard allows you to make a compliant compiler that makes every single real world program incorrect doesn't make it not-a-bug.<br><br>Standard libraries for C and Java tend to have few bugs because they're so tiny. Standard and semi-standard libraries for Ruby, Python, or Perl tend to be filled with bugs because they do so much.<br><br>At some point you need to give up this belief. Check kernel mailing list every now and then – gcc has plenty of bugs. I was bitten by one ages ago too, something related to signedness and long longs, I don't remember the specifics any more.

Many of gcc bugs are things that are underspecified in C standard, but just because C standard allows you to make a compliant compiler that makes every single real world program incorrect doesn't make it not-a-bug.

Standard libraries for C and Java tend to have few bugs because they're so tiny. Standard and semi-standard libraries for Ruby, Python, or Perl tend to be filled with bugs because they do so much.

At some point you need to give up this belief.

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