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Re:Everything in C is undefined behavior by chowells on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:45PM (#48225642)
> And the program definitely still does something, whether specified or not.

No. It most definitely does not mean this. Go read the series this is part of: https://blog.llvm.org/2011/05/what-every-c-programmer-should...

It is absolutely critical that people programming in C understand what real compilers in the real world do.

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Re:Everything in C is undefined behavior by tardedmeme on Thursday May 21, 2026 @07:07PM (#48229893)
Are you saying the programs in the blog post don't do things? I think they do things. The whole blog post is talking about which things they do.
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