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Re:Computer Scientists’ Trivia by lanna on Thursday February 02, 2017 @09:50AM (#13550848)
It says it there on the page: "It depends on OS by OS but, most commonly…"
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Re:Computer Scientists’ Trivia by marcosdumay on Thursday February 02, 2017 @10:56AM (#13551387)
It also varies from one compiler to another, and on a few different versions on the same compiler. It also varies on the same OS, same compiler but different target architecture.

And that's now. Who knows if it won't vary due to compiler optimizations in the future? It is wrong to rely on anything more than what it says on the standard.

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