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03/20/07 09:04
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 		 #135364 - how good is good enough?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I said:
a "translator" which can introduce its own bugs

Erik Malund said:
Valid only for cheaspskates and stressers, I have found ZERO bugs in full fledged Keil compiler/linker, after, at least, a decade of use.

Well, with all respect to your work, I wouldn't call that an adequate proof of nonexistence of bugs in the given compiler.

Remember for example the Pentium floating-point division bug. Most users wouldn't never note. Even Intel said, first, it's OK. It was a bunch of aerospace designers who pointed out that such a minor bug may be easily fatal.

JW


List of 42 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Unbelieveable nonsence            01/01/70 00:00      
   I don't know ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      my understanding of \"things that have to work\"...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Tests, reviews and such.            01/01/70 00:00      
            rules? What rules?            01/01/70 00:00      
               sounds like assembler to me            01/01/70 00:00      
                  naaaah            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I agree            01/01/70 00:00      
                     OK, but this is a particular application...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        valid only for cheaspskates and stressers            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I stumbled across a compiler bug, once.            01/01/70 00:00      
                              so did I            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Were you looking for bugs?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              HUH            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 It\'s not that you should look. That is THEIR job!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    a diffgerent tone            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Erik, you need to learn to read ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          mustard            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Too close to the bone            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Shilling for Keil            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    at least you wouldn\'t deny it ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Steve, you are right, I suppose, but ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Keil is Old            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    That\'s enough            01/01/70 00:00      
                           how good is good enough?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              comments            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 I am not good in this sort of fights...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    not arguing, clarifying            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       the difference is in the complexity of tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          but, if you had said so            01/01/70 00:00      
   why deal with them?            01/01/70 00:00      
      just a thought...            01/01/70 00:00      
         What's "V&V docs" (sorry for my stupidity)?            01/01/70 00:00      
            V&V            01/01/70 00:00      
               thanks            01/01/70 00:00      
      Customers!            01/01/70 00:00      
         ancient Greek            01/01/70 00:00      
            Large projects?            01/01/70 00:00      
   what about...            01/01/70 00:00      
    Unbelieveable??            01/01/70 00:00      
   Avionics compiler            01/01/70 00:00      
      The Blue screen of Death            01/01/70 00:00      

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