Russell O'Connor personal blog
It Is Never a Compiler Bug Until It Is
Last week I was trying to add some testing code to libsecp256k1 and I was pulling out my hair trying to get it to work. No amount of printf was working to illuminate what I was doing wrong. Finally, out of desperation, I thought I would do a quick check to see if there are any compiler bugs related to memcmp , and lo…
- Points
- 256
- HN comments
- 132
- Submissions
- 1
- Cited by
- 4 commenters
Software EngineeringSystems & Performance2020
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2020 | It Is Never a Compiler Bug Until It Is by nullc | 256 | 132 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 4 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from Oct 2020 to Jul 2025.
Most recent:
- Paracompact · Jul 31, 2025
- yjftsjthsd-h · Nov 8, 2021
- bigiain · Nov 1, 2021
- segfaultbuserr · Oct 9, 2020
