Friday, February 25, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011

Java Runtime, Compiler String to double conversion patched...

If you read my previous post about conversion of String to double for special values
that hang the compiler or runtime...

Get the patch from Oracle, see the README file.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Compiler, Runtime at risk of infinite loop due to the way double coded in String are converted in double...

Compiler and Runtime are at risk of infinite loop due to the way double coded in String are converted in double...

Php, Java, Scala and other at risk due to conversion infinite loop...
See articles to understand the foundation of this...

http://www.exploringbinary.com/java-hangs-when-converting-2-2250738585072012e-308/
and
http://www.exploringbinary.com/why-volatile-fixes-the-2-2250738585072011e-308-bug/#comment-4649


Hope this implementation bug will be solved rather quickly.