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A bug story: data alignment on x86
This sounds unusual. Who ever wants to do this in real life? Normally, we only see code like this as primary school assignments or compiler benchmarks. However, this time it happened in real life.
- Points
- 151
- HN comments
- 187
- Submissions
- 2
- Cited by
- 6 commenters
Systems & PerformanceSoftware Engineering2016
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2016 | A bug story: data alignment on x86 by sconxu | 151 | 107 |
| Sep 4, 2018 | A bug story: data alignment in C on x86 (2016) by fanf2 | 134 | 80 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 7 Hacker News comments by 6 different people, from Oct 2017 to May 2026.
Most recent:
- rom1v · May 20, 2026
- SomeoneFromCA · Apr 18, 2020
- oconnor663 · Jul 5, 2019
- Asooka · May 2, 2019
- oconnor663 · Nov 4, 2018
- exikyut · Sep 5, 2018
