Really? Someone depending on UB in their software represents the downfall of Mic...

devnullbrain · 2025-04-24T00:41:07 1745455267

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.

voidspark · 2025-04-24T02:19:03 1745461143

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.

Uvix · 2025-04-24T05:03:37 1745471017

While this is technically correct that doesn’t get the customer to put the blame where it belongs.

userbinator · 2025-04-25T10:08:47 1745575727

The problem is hostile pedants who neglect to consider the human element.

smallstepforman · 2025-04-24T09:40:10 1745487610

Not a C++ issue, but a sloppy developer issue.