The modern version of "It must be a compiler bug!"

Compiler 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.

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bagels 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Using 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.

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consp 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought it was cosmic rays which always cause the bitflip when you least expect it.

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admissionsguy 37 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

The modern version is "LLMs produce bad code"

	▲	deltaburnt 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		LLMs 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.