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kittoes
414 days ago
Really? Someone depending on UB in their software represents the downfall of Microsoft?! What a hot take...
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devnullbrain
414 days ago
User has working software. User updates operating system. User has broken software.
That's a problem for the party trying to sell operating system updates.
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voidspark
414 days ago
The software was fundamentally broken before the OS update. It was working by pure random chance with undefined behaviour. It’s a C++ issue, not an OS issue. The same code compiled for another OS would have different random results.
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Uvix
414 days ago
While this is technically correct that doesn’t get the customer to put the blame where it belongs.
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userbinator
412 days ago
The problem is hostile pedants who neglect to consider the human element.
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smallstepforman
413 days ago
Not a C++ issue, but a sloppy developer issue.
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That's a problem for the party trying to sell operating system updates.