[APBeta] Windows bug

[Paul Rodman]

On Oct 17, 2008, at 09:41 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:

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> On Oct 17, 2008, at 09:11 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:
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>> I have been forced to use a previous version of the compiler for  
>> the Windows build of APV2, since recent versions cause crashes  
>> (illegal instruction). It would seem very likely that this occurs  
>> only on PCs that have processors that do not have SSE3 extensions  
>> (older P4s and before). This is a compiler bug and should be fixed  
>> soon by the vendor (yeh, right). Meantime, I dug my old Dell PIII  
>> laptop from the garage and it shows the same crashing problem, so I  
>> have hopes for a workaround now that I can reproduce the problem.
>
> I have located and fixed/bypassed the bug. Woo hoo. No more separate  
> Windows compiles (or should I say _remembering_ that I have to use  
> the older compiler).

...and in case you're interested, the lead developer on the compiler  
has admitted to the bug:

<http://ramblings.aaronballman.com/2008/10/bitwiseand_crashes_naww.html>

Paul R.