You can view it as malicious sabotage, or you can view it as a potentially useful optimization (with obvious security caveats when used incorrectly). Either way

You can view it as malicious sabotage, or you can view it as a potentially useful optimization (with obvious security caveats when used incorrectly). Either way, my point is that every major compiler lets you make the tradeoffs that are right for your particular usecase. That's a good thing.