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C is designed to allow programmers to insert or remove checks as performance tuning. Compiler UB "optimizations" that remove that ability from the programmer ma

C is designed to allow programmers to insert or remove checks as performance tuning. Compiler UB "optimizations" that remove that ability from the programmer make the language unusable.

optymizer 5y ago
Not knowing what is UB in C is equivalent to not knowing a core part of the C language. In that situation, yes, C would seem unusable for people who have superficial knowledge of it.
- vyodaiken 5y ago
  Nobody knows UB rules. The WG14 discussions are full of confusion.
- vyodaiken 5y ago
  Send Linux Torvalds a note and tell him he has only superficial knowledge of C.