[Am-info] query about MS "Innovations"

Mark Hinds zoro980@attbi.com
Mon, 08 Apr 2002 11:05:18 -0700


Joe Moore wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 06:27:05PM -0500, Felmon Davis wrote:
> For example, a bounds-checking
> compiler may create a less-vulnerable executable than a standard C compiler,
> and gcc v2.7.2 will create a different executable (stack in different place,
> etc) than even gcc 2.95.
> 
> All these contribute to diversity even without changing the source code.

Not to mention -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer (2.95.4 (cvs head)) :-)