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Subject: Re: [9fans] how to avoid a memset() optimization
From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:38:05 -0500
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> gcc(1) is a treasure hunt; there's all sorts of stuff buried in there.

There should be some sort of certification one could get for
knowing all gcc options.

On the issue of optimization, I think if the programmer has to figure
out what the compiler has done through exegesis or inference, then
there is something wrong with the compiler or the specification;

I feel I should only be required to know a compiler the way I know my
car.  I expect it to behave according to the manual.  I shouldn't be
required to know a compiler the way I know a close family member.