> It depends on your workload.
> Some industries require to be able to reproduce exact bit by bit data.
> Anything that requires absolute bit certainty, for example digital signatures, encryption, or financial information, will require ECC.
Totally, and I get that. We've got people in this thread who are saying that non-ECC ram shouldn't be trusted [0], or that it should be standard [1]. I get the use cases, but why do I want that on my workstation.
> your code won't compile because variable names got flipped.
I have _never_ seen or even heard of this or anything vaguely resembling this happening. Are there any writeups of this anywhere at all?
Totally, and I get that. We've got people in this thread who are saying that non-ECC ram shouldn't be trusted [0], or that it should be standard [1]. I get the use cases, but why do I want that on my workstation.
> your code won't compile because variable names got flipped.
I have _never_ seen or even heard of this or anything vaguely resembling this happening. Are there any writeups of this anywhere at all?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37829796
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37828865