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- From: John Croudy <john@lorelei.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: [Q] Why does this code crash my compiler?
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 14:25:59 GMT
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- On 7 Apr 96 19:30:27 GMT, KARKI JITENDRA BAHADUR wrote:
-
- > Is the code really bad enough to crash the compiler, or should I get
- > a new compiler? Could anyone try compiling it to see if it's a code
- > problem or a compiler problem?
-
- IMHO it doesn't matter what code you throw at a compiler, good or bad,
- it should NEVER crash, and if it does, it's a bug. I never blame the
- user if software crashes. Of course, given the complexity of a C++
- compiler I'm not surprised that they crash sometimes, and I'm quite
- ready to forgive the author(s) just as long as it will compile if I
- modify the code a bit :)
-
- John
- xxxx
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