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0 pointsdevnullbrain1y ago0 comments

User has working software. User updates operating system. User has broken software.

That's a problem for the party trying to sell operating system updates.

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voidspark1y ago· 3 in thread

The software was fundamentally broken before the OS update. It was working by pure random chance with undefined behaviour. It’s a C++ issue, not an OS issue. The same code compiled for another OS would have different random results.

Uvix1y ago

While this is technically correct that doesn’t get the customer to put the blame where it belongs.

userbinator1y ago

The problem is hostile pedants who neglect to consider the human element.

smallstepforman1y ago

Not a C++ issue, but a sloppy developer issue.

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