> The result was that it was crushed in performance by Fortran for scientific codes, and most of the difference had to do with assumptions the compiler could ma

> The result was that it was crushed in performance by Fortran for scientific codes, and most of the difference had to do with assumptions the compiler could make about aliasing (or the lack of it). This was fixed Calling it "fixed", as if it were a problem of the language rather than programmers' expectations, is a rather slanted view of the history.