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Re: vacation and strict aliasing
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 03:25:53AM -0400, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> As John Vickers points out, there's a lot of free software out there
> that is effectively not being maintained, and users or fixers of the
> software will require assistance.
>
> While a warning would help the situation, making some these programs
> once again produce working code would be a very effective kind
> of help. We are not certain we can keep those programs forever,
> but even if it is just for a few years, that would be good.
Has anobdy made a list of programs that brak because of the aliasing issue? I
only know these:
- linux-kernel (known and worked around)
- perl (worked around, but its not clear wether theres a bug)
I imagine that programs might break because of other reasons as well, e.g.
libc enhancements, other optimizations in gcc, races...
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