It could be either. But my guess is Java. Is is "just a parser" and nothing fundamental that a JIT would be doing.
> In other news are you coming to the roundup? you're a great presence on the > google group, would be good to meet you in person. Thanks dude. I'v been wanting to go. When the details for this year were posted I started looking at flight prices (from Australia!) etc. I'm between contracts at the moment so I do have the time, but ironically, not the money. :( I'll be there if someone sponsors me :) CC On Feb 14, 8:13 am, Matthew Kerle <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks Christian! So would you say then the bug is in the Java code called > by Double.parse()? from the nature of the advisory I thought it was a bug in > some native code running in the JVM... > > In other news are you coming to the roundup? you're a great presence on the > google group, would be good to meet you in person. > > cheers! > > On 13 February 2011 21:21, Christian Catchpole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > It's real. I tried it (before I read the reports that described it) > > >http://twitpic.com/3vwtcq > > > Certain rare cases cause the parsing method to get stuck in a loop. > > I'v never written a double parser but I can imagine how it happens. > > Perhaps it's a while(value > 0) loop that expects the value will > > always be decremented and exit the loop. but in some cases, it's not. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > "life is complex, it has both real and imaginary > components"http://threebrightlights.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
