alt Hacker NewsThe compiler is deterministic and the translation does not lose semantics. The meaning of your code is an exact reflection of what is produced.
The compiler is deterministic and the translation does not lose semantics. The meaning of your code is an exact reflection of what is produced.
We can tell you weren't around for the advent of compilers. To be fair, neither was I since the UNIX c compiler came out in '68 and was by far not the first compiler. Modern comilers you can make that claim about, but early compilers weren't.