Compiler does what I tell it. Not the other way around.
The compiler does everything that the language spec allows it to get away with. The language spec itself is a communication protocol between users and compilers, and that includes the definition of the abstract machine.
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The compiler does everything that the language spec allows it to get away with. The language spec itself is a communication protocol between users and compilers, and that includes the definition of the abstract machine.