Volatile is Necessary

[Chip Salzenberg]

In article <4267 at ihlpf.ATT.COM> nevin1 at ihlpf.UUCP (00704a-Liber,N.J.) writes:
>Although what you say about asynchronous functions are true, I still
>maintain that 'volatile' does indeed address hardware.  I do believe that
>there is a need for a 'do_not_optimize' keyword (at least in non-strict
>conforming programs); why call it volatile when we really mean
>do_not_optimize??

"Prior art."

Besides, I'm sure you use "creat" despite its poorly chosen name.  :-)

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