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Re: [PATCH] C undefined behavior fix
torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) wrote on 04.01.02 in <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201041901370.1324-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 dewar@gnat.com wrote:
> >
> > The fact of the matter is that programs that execute undefined operations
> > are the crap.
>
> So says a language layer.
>
> Welcome to the real world, where language lawyering is secondary, and
> working programs (in the face of limitations of the languages) are
> important.
You argue (bogusly) from the standard, and then you say language lawyering
is the wrong way to address this debate?
Do you actually read what you write here?
> We're NOT talking about "undefined", we're talking about
> _implementation_defined_, which is a totally different matter.
Actually, there is considerable overlap. You just don't want to admit
that.
Frankly, it is fairly offensive to take a language-lawyer position and
then try to wipe away other people's arguments as language lawyering.
MfG Kai