From: Rob Pike <rob@mightycheese.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] remember when C compiler used to produce working code? i don't!
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:23:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F264FA26-5422-11D8-B35B-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040131175948.3153.qmail@g.galapagos.bx.psu.edu>
>> comments about the "rare" philosophy are also welcome.
>
> Better to halt with an error than silently generate bad code.
true, but credit should also be given to the overall quality of the
compiler.
bug reports have been rare.
-rob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-31 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-30 22:05 andrey mirtchovski
2004-01-30 22:29 ` David Presotto
2004-01-30 22:40 ` David Presotto
2004-01-31 0:57 ` Bruce Ellis
2004-01-31 1:34 ` boyd, rounin
2004-01-31 1:51 ` Bruce Ellis
2004-01-31 2:15 ` boyd, rounin
2004-01-31 3:13 ` David Presotto
2004-01-31 7:40 ` Bruce Ellis
2004-01-31 9:03 ` andrey mirtchovski
2004-01-31 10:08 ` David Tolpin
2004-01-31 14:19 ` boyd, rounin
2004-01-31 14:57 ` Bruce Ellis
2004-01-31 17:59 ` Scott Schwartz
2004-01-31 19:23 ` Rob Pike [this message]
2004-01-31 19:59 ` Bruce Ellis
2004-01-31 20:42 ` Charles Forsyth
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