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I’d be interested to hear if anyone has found an evil compiler in the wild.
by more_corn 5y ago
I’d be interested to hear if anyone has found an evil compiler in the wild.
- yccs27 5y agoDoesn't XcodeGhost (mentioned in the first paragraph) qualify as an evil compiler?
- josephcsible 5y agoI don't think so. "Evil compiler" here doesn't just mean a compiler that's malicious; it specifically means a compiler that, if asked to compile a clean compiler, will instead compile another copy of itself. And I don't think XcodeGhost did that.
- awelm 5y agoHere's one on Quora. This story actually inspired me to write this blog post: https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-coders-worst-nightmare/answer/Mick-Stute https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-coders-worst-nightmare/answe...