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Linus Torvalds: "GCC 4.9.0 Seems To Be Terminally Broken"

Posted by timothy on from the you'll-never-believe-what-he-actually-said dept.

hypnosec (2231454) writes to point out a pointed critique from Linus Torvalds of GCC 4.9.0. after a random panic was discovered in a load balance function in Linux 3.16-rc6. in an email to the Linux kernel mailing list outlining two separate but possibly related bugs, Linus describes the compiler as "terminally broken," and worse ("pure and utter sh*t," only with no asterisk). A slice: "Lookie here, your compiler does some absolutely insane things with the spilling, including spilling a *constant*. For chrissake, that compiler shouldn't have been allowed to graduate from kindergarten. We're talking "sloth that was dropped on the head as a baby" level retardation levels here .... Anyway, this is not a kernel bug. This is your compiler creating completely broken code. We may need to add a warning to make sure nobody compiles with gcc-4.9.0, and the Debian people should probably downgrate their shiny new compiler."

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  1. Great. Now the sloth community... by jpellino · · Score: 5, Funny

    is going to be gunning for an apology...

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  2. gcc is like congress by NemoinSpace · · Score: 5, Funny

    It works better when they do nothing

  3. "pointed" by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Funny

    From Torvalds, that's uncharacteristically friendly.

  4. Re:Great. Now the sloth community... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm a sloth and I thought it was funny.

  5. Strange censorship by evilviper · · Score: 5, Funny

    "pure and utter sh*t," only with no asterisk

    So he actually called it, "pure and utter sht"?

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  6. Re:I know you're trying to be funny, but... by HornWumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is abuse, arguments are in the next article.

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  7. Re:Oe noes! A compiler bug! by mvdwege · · Score: 5, Funny

    Claiming the GCC crew will 'fix this bug in short order' is like claiming Obama is leading the charge in transparent government.

    Since the bug has already been fixed, I suppose this means you'll be wholeheartedly endorsing Obama now?

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