Re: Reinterpreting the compiler source code

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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I don't know prolog, and even if I did, reading so much code would
take a lot of time.  I don't see a point, because all that example can
prove is that some subtle of sabotage is _possible_.  I'd rather just
agree that it is possible.  (I already did.)

I think our community's distributed build practices would make it
difficult for such a sabotage to hit the whole community.  Many GCC
developers and redistributors have been bootstrapping for decades
using their old versions.

However, this suggests to me a way of investigating whether such
sabotage is present in our tools.  It would be much less work than
replacing the system with new "simple" software, but it would be
a substantial job.  I think it would need funding.  I don't know
how to get such funding, but maybe someone else does.

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