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Comment by cautiouscat

> Have you looked at the machine instructions your compiler produces?

> No? Why?

> Because software languages are a pretty good abstraction.

No, it’s because compilers produce deterministic output. I am so tired of this argument.

If I’m not concerned with the performance of my code, I can be 100% confident that that exact code will produce the correct assembly every time. That’s why I don’t read it. Not because I don’t care.

parent cautiouscat 2 months ago

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