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anecdotally, it was also the first production compiler that i saw crash, and it was on regular code.

And Swift compiler crashes aren’t even rare. You get used to it and learn how to track down the code that caused it.

I think I’ve seen a C compiler crash once or maybe twice, ever.

The fact that a compiler is crashing really makes me shiver. If the compiler is crashing because of unexpected combinations, then what about the generated code ?

There were also issues in the generated code, yeah.

But to be fair that front has been hugely enhanced; it’s been a very long while since I’ve since the Swift compiler crash (and I do weird stuff too).

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