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To compile (put together) incorrectly.
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Sufficient data is turned into the Agency but as this data is reviewed and forwarded to area and Central information systems, it seems to get miscompiled through this bureaucratic process.
We found that there were many complaints by the agents and the voters of miscompiled rolls.
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It knows how to falsify, to edit, and to miscompile statistics but shouldn't be able to raise living standards to the West's moving average, nor achieve social justice, empowerment, and freedom.
To compile (generate executable from source code) incorrectly.
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The replacement code would miscompile the login command so that it would accept either the intended encrypted password or a particular known password.
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Figure 3.2 shows a simple modification to the compiler that will deliberately miscompile source whenever a particular pattern is matched. If this were not deliberate, it would be called a compiler "bug." Since it is deliberate, it should be called a "Trojan horse".
How often did the compiler crash, miscompile, or unexpectedly cost engineering time?