Optimization (was Re: volatile)

[Mark E. Mallett]

In article <3938 at killer.UUCP>, chasm at killer.UUCP (Charles Marslett) writes:
> In article <13074 at brl-adm.ARPA>, dsill at NSWC-OAS.arpa (Dave Sill) writes:
> > Terry Lambert writes:
> > 
> > This bears repeating.  There should be no circumstances under which
> > the semantics of the language are changed by a flag to the compiler.

Avoiding the word "semantics", -O can change the way the program
operates, which is what is important in this discussion.

And if you don't think that the semantics of the language can be changed
by a flag to the compiler, well... what about "-D" ??

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