From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Subject: Re: [9fans] remember when C compiler used to produce working code? i don't!
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From: Rob Pike <rob@mightycheese.com>
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:23:27 -0800
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>> 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