Compiler Specific Operators

[purtill at petrus.UUCP]

In article <505 at cubsvax.UUCP> cubsvax!peters (Peter S. Shenkin) writes:
> In article <umcp-cs.2424> chris at maryland.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> >Apparently the committee (or a large faction thereof) is quite
> >concerned about ensuring that there is some easy way to ensure a
> >`real function call'.
> Yes, apparently so, but WHY?  What the hell difference does it make, from
> the user's point of view?  That is, why should he ever be anything other
> than happy, if some alternative invoked by the compiler produces faster-
> running code?
> 
> Peter S. Shenkin	 Columbia Univ. Biology Dept., NY, NY  10027
> {philabs,rna}!cubsvax!peters		cubsvax!peters at columbia.ARPA

Ever heard of debugging?  You might well want to set a trap at that
function, or even replace it with a different version that is somehow
useful, such as a version that prints out its arguments.

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