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·12 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
FYI, in my opinion, clang `[[musttail]]` is not quite ready for prime time. (cannot speak to GCC)

I was excited when it was introduced but quickly ran into issues.

Here is a silent miscompilation involving `[[musttail]]` that I reported in 2022 and is still open: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/56435
bostick
·ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I am also interested in the Crucial SSD 5184 hour thing. Here are the options as I see them:

* related to 5124 hours = 2^64 picoseconds

Then how to account for the extra 60 hours? Maybe there is some rounding error involved with the arithmetic? Maybe initialized at -60 hours and somehow the first rollover did not trigger any bad behavior? Maybe it IS 5124 hours and the formatting is incorrect?

* NOT related to 5124 hours

Counting picoseconds is ridiculously precise for this scenario, so ignore the fact that it is close to 5124 hours. What other frequencies and limits could break at 5184 hours?

I would love know the EXACT time that the trouble begins. Is it EXACTLY 5124 hours? How many minutes, seconds, etc? But of course, I would love to know the root cause.

I love tracking down date / time bugs. See:

What happened on December 13, 2024? [1]

[1] https://bostick.github.io/blog/2025/04/what-happened/
bostick
·ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Just yesterday, I put up a blog about tracking down a date / time bug in Domino / Notes:

What happened on December 13, 2024? [1]

[1] https://bostick.github.io/blog/2025/04/what-happened/
bostick
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Wolfram Alpha's math input is broken in other ways as well: https://bostick.github.io/blog/2024/05/precision-bombing/

Entering input such as: 1*^-1355718576299609

or:

1.0`90071992

will trigger bad behavior on the site.