Re: A Famous Security Bug

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:26:32 +0000
Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> wrote:

On 25/03/2024 08:58, David Brown wrote:

On 25/03/2024 03:12, bart wrote: 

On 24/03/2024 23:39, Michael S wrote: 

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As to tcc, mcc, lccwin etc... those only used by hobbyists. 

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AFAIK lccwin can be used commercially. 

 
"/Can/ be used commercially" does not imply "/is/ used
professionally". I'm sure there are some people who use it in their
work, but I would expect that in any statistics about compiler
usage, it would be in the "Others < 0.1%" category.
 

 
lccwin is used to compile C functions with an interface which maes
them callable from Matlab.

On which platform?
By which percentage of people that write C functions callable from
Matlab?

Whilst I haven't written Matalb code
commercially and it would be rare to do so, I have written Matlab
ocdoe professionally, and that is quite common. I probably also made
rather heavier use of the C interfaces than was really justified.
 

Back in DOS days, I don't remember lccwin among compilers that
Mathworks recognized as allowed to build MEX modules. In fact, I don't
remember existence of lccwin.
On Win64 the point is mute, because there exist an unified platform ABI
that everybody follow. But back in DOS and Win32 days official
Mathworks blessing was important.

My Matlab File Exchange submissions are still going strong. But the
gem, the faded bar chart, hasn't been valued, and hasn't attracted
any stars. Matlab users, download and give some love.