As a past victim of a compiler that used simulated annealing to optimize- you can get reproducible builds if you control the seed. It still becomes hell when yo

As a past victim of a compiler that used simulated annealing to optimize- you can get reproducible builds if you control the seed. It still becomes hell when you need to target an optimization to a specific spot. Or if the optimization is actually flawed. So, as much as I admire the thesis, I'm going to disagree on the "sadly" part :)