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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by SkiFire13 on Sunday July 09, 2023 @06:30AM (#36653286)
Most modern hardware make use of registers and multiple layers of caches and you need ton of UB to justify the compiler making use of them.
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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by mytailorisrich on Sunday July 09, 2023 @09:10AM (#36654184)
Registers are orthogonal with memory layout. Cache does not change the general model.
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