Re: technology discussion → does the world need a "new" C ?

On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:01:21 +0200, David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
wrote in <v7be8i$2g3q4$1@dont-email.me>:

On 18/07/2024 15:00, Bart wrote:

On 18/07/2024 13:41, David Brown wrote:

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You are trying to be too smart here, IMHO - the compiler's job is to
let the programmer be smart.  It's always nice to have optimisations,
but not at the expense of correctness.

 
That's an odd remark from a devotee of gcc. Your usual attitude is to
let the programmer write code in the most natural manner, and let a
smart optimising compiler sort it out.

 
Touché :-)
 
Compilers can get smarter once you have them simple and correct.  /Too/
smart - generating efficient but sometimes incorrect code - is not helpful.
 

I was a radioman in the USCG in the days of yore, where we would strive
for "secure, reliable, rapid" communications...in that order.

The same epithets could be applied to software.

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