The only reasonable thing to say about this was already said upthread of the page, and quoted here:
> I have worked on many programs, and whenever I found such a problem (typically called a "portability problem"), where the code was assuming something that the language did not guarantee, I fixed the program rather than bitching about the compiler.
> I have worked on many programs, and whenever I found such a problem (typically called a "portability problem"), where the code was assuming something that the language did not guarantee, I fixed the program rather than bitching about the compiler.