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0 pointskragen1y ago0 comments

if only the gcc and llvm maintainers, and c standard authors, agreed with you

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auselen1y ago· 3 in thread

I mean these compilers build all these SW stacks, even this very browser I’m using, where are these correctness issues you are talking about?

kragenOP1y ago

there are new items in this category every day, but https://blog.cr.yp.to/20240803-clang.html is noteworthy

fulafel1y ago

This is about optimizations affecting timing of cryptographic code, not correctness of computation, the argument for calling this a correctness bug in the compiler is quite weak I think.

auselen1y ago

Eh https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41146860

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