I remember in the days of the "sig11 FAQ" [1] some of the gcc maintainers felt the (apparently hardware-related) problems occurred when using gcc more frequentl

I remember in the days of the "sig11 FAQ" [1] some of the gcc maintainers felt the (apparently hardware-related) problems occurred when using gcc more frequently than could be explained just by "compiling is the most stressful thing you're doing with your computer". So I wouldn't be surprised if there was a processor bug or two around that time that nobody got to the bottom of. https://www.tldp.org/FAQ/sig11/html/index.html https://www.tldp.org/FAQ/sig11/html/index.html