Math.Pow(-1, 2) == -1 in Windows 11 Insider build

Post by dist-epoch » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 12:32 PM UTC

fn-mote wrote: post #3

I really want to know how this could have passed CI testing. (Comments blame it on UCRT, not .NET but… that doesn’t matter much to me.)

Post by lucaslazarus » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 12:40 PM UTC

debo_ wrote: post #2

I've heard people moan that software is getting exponentially worse. Maybe they're right after all /joke

Post by nkrisc » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 12:41 PM UTC

Post by nottorp » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 12:44 PM UTC

RajT88 wrote: post #11

TZubiri wrote: post #6

Side note. One of the advantages of using proprietary packaged software is supposed to be a unified support and product. In this case the maintainer redirects the issue to some other team and passes the ball as if it were an open source project with 50 dependencies with thin responsibilities "no, if there's an issue with a button, you should report it to GUI-button, we do GUI-form and we just pass the button generati…

Microsoft is a many headed beast. Finding the right contact even for employees inside the beast is challenging and a skill all its own.

Post by AnimalMuppet » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 12:52 PM UTC

dwattttt wrote: post #10

Aardwolf wrote: post #5

This happens in both C# and C++ according to the report, but what's the link between OS and compiler here? As far as I remember from days when I used Windows, the version of your visual studio (which has the compiler and standard libraries) was not related to the build of your operating system

Microsoft moved to a Universal CRT (UCRT) around Windows 10, both C# and C++ are calling into the OS UCRT there.