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Mon Feb 8 2010

• [l] Spannender Artikel über eine kommerzielle Source-Code-Analyse-Software, wo sie mal beschreiben, was für Probleme sie so hatten in der realen Welt. Ein Highlight jagt das nächste. Von abrauchenden Microsoft-Compilern, von bizarren Buildsystemen, und hier, mein Highlight:

  Finally, in safety-critical software systems, changing the compiler often requires costly re-certification. Thus, we routinely see the use of decades-old compilers. While the languages these compilers accept have interesting features, strong concordance with a modern language standard is not one of them. Age begets new problems. Realistically, diagnosing a compiler's divergences requires having a copy of the compiler. How do you purchase a license for a compiler 20 versions old? Or whose company has gone out of business? Not through normal channels. We have literally resorted to buying copies off eBay.

  Admins und Programmierer werden an diesem Artikel ihre Freude haben :-)