Fun_People Archive
20 Mar
Justifying general protection faults.

Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 15:11:00 -0800
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Justifying general protection faults.

Forwarded-by: Keith Bostic <bostic@bsdi.com>
Forwarded-by: glen mccready <glen@qnx.com>
From: Chris.Thompson@entex.com

     A compiler literally compiles a list of machine code instructions,
     the object code, based on the source code. The resulting object code
     is a ready-to-run program that is very fast, but which may crash the
     computer.
	   -- "Programming Language," Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia.

 I guess they believe that if they get the public to believe that it's
impossible to write bug-free software, then their software is made to
look more plausable.

© 1996 Peter Langston