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Re:The Value of Undefined Behavior by IshKebab on Saturday July 21, 2018 @05:19PM (#17583906)
This is a good history lesson on why UB was introduced, but times have changed and it is definitely not justifiable today.

Saving one instruction was probably worth it in the 70s, when security wasn't a thing, but it definitely isn't now.

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Re:The Value of Undefined Behavior by millstone on Saturday July 21, 2018 @11:16PM (#17585115)
Are you objecting to the UB in the specific named cases (aliasing and signed overflow) or UB in general?
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Re:The Value of Undefined Behavior by IshKebab on Sunday July 22, 2018 @05:13AM (#17585956)
In general.
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