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Re: signed is undefined and has been since 1992 (in GCC)
Olivier Galibert writes:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:39:38PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> > ----Original Message----
> > >From: Olivier Galibert
> > >Sent: 28 June 2005 15:25
> >
> > > In particular, a very large number of C and C++ programs are written
> > > with the assumptions:
> >
> > This is a bad line of reasoning in general. There is a vast amount of bad
> > software in the world, some blatantly buggy, some subtly-incorrect. To
> > attempt to fix it all in the compiler rather than the source seems a bit
> > bass-ackwards to me!
>
> Welcome to the real world. Useful compilers are not an exercise in
> theorical computing, especially for languages like C or C++.
This is childish and insulting.
Please try to have a little more respect for the people you're dealing
with -- who live and work in the real world as much as you do.
The standard of discourse on this list has been dropping of late, and
we'd all get a lot more done if we'd learn to take a deep breath
before posting. Try to remember this is a technical discussion, not
an argument in a bar.
Andrew.