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I agree with your overall point. In a certain sense I'd say optimizing compilers aren't deterministic: The same source code can produce different object code,
by CoastalCoder 2y ago
I agree with your overall point.
In a certain sense I'd say optimizing compilers aren't deterministic:
The same source code can produce different object code, depending on data and algorithms into which a typical programmer has little insight.
- vitiral 2y agoBeing a bit pedantic. Globally but not locally deterministic
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoYour brain's not deterministic.
- kibwen 2y agoCrucially, optimizers are supposed to be semantics-preserving, and if they aren't that's considered a major problem.