Schrödinger's Code: Undefined behavior in theory and practice

Undefined behavior ranks among the most baffling and perilous aspects of popular programming languages. This installment of Drill Bits clears up widespread misconceptions and presents practical techniques to banish undefined behavior from your own code and pinpoint meaningless operations in any soft...

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Veröffentlicht in:	ACM queue 2021-04, Vol.19 (2), p.28-44
Hauptverfasser:	Kelly, Terence, Gu, Weiwei, Maksimovski, Vladimir
Format:	Magazinearticle
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied computing Applied computing / Physical sciences and engineering Mathematics of computing Mathematics of computing / Mathematical analysis Mathematics of computing / Mathematical analysis / Numerical analysis Software and its engineering
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Zusammenfassung:	Undefined behavior ranks among the most baffling and perilous aspects of popular programming languages. This installment of Drill Bits clears up widespread misconceptions and presents practical techniques to banish undefined behavior from your own code and pinpoint meaningless operations in any software—techniques that reveal alarming faults in software supporting business-critical applications at Fortune 500 companies.
ISSN:	1542-7730 1542-7749
DOI:	10.1145/3466132.3468263