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by dmannorreys 3084 days ago
Are you saying a bug cannot exist unless some functionality is specifically mentioned in the specification, and broken in reality?
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From the perspective of Intel, as well as most of the microprocessor industry, yeah. Even "broken in reality" is arguable: while this is indeed an exploit, choosing performance over security (when the resources to implement a chip are finite) is a legitimate design tradeoff.
Are you saying a bug cannot exist unless some functionality is specifically mentioned in the specification, and broken in reality?

That's a philosophical stance known as "positivism."