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An insect is sitting in your compiler and doesn't want to leave for 13 years

by AndreyKarpov on 7/13/24, 10:27 AM with 1 comments

• by gryfft on 7/13/24, 12:11 PM

  First time I've seen a computer bug referred to as an "insect."

  Sucks that this compiler bug is still around after all this time. Seems like a adding a pre-commit hook to the project to enforce correct encoding would be a simple workaround, though.