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The modern version of "It must be a compiler bug!"
by glimshe 5mo ago
The modern version of "It must be a compiler bug!"
- consp 5mo agoI thought it was cosmic rays which always cause the bitflip when you least expect it.
- bagels 5mo agoUsing c++ templates wrong in the year 2000 exposed me to real compiler bugs in the Microsoft c++ compiler at the time, the kind that would make the compiler crash.
- admissionsguy 5mo agoThe modern version is "LLMs produce bad code"
- deltaburnt 5mo agoLLMs aren't nearly mature or deterministic enough to earn that distinction. I've had an agent tell me it read a link I gave it, when actually it lied. I don't see how you could possibly compare that to a compiler where thinking "maybe it's a compiler bug" means you've almost certainly missed something.
- genxy 5mo agoCompiler bugs are not as rare as they are quipped to be on forums. I mean, more rare for the quippers due to allocation of time.
- glimshe 5mo agoI've actually identified a real compiler bug that led to a compiler fix. But then, a broken clock is right twice a day :).