Re:What every compiler writer should know about programmers ...
by Dylan16807 on Friday March 04, 2016 @12:31AM
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> putting "facts" and "optimizations" in quotes
"facts" absolutely should be in quotes there. He's describing assertions like "x cannot be null", something that is inferred from the code and treated as fact but turns out not to be true at runtime.
"facts" absolutely should be in quotes there. He's describing assertions like "x cannot be null", something that is inferred from the code and treated as fact but turns out not to be true at runtime.