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I think the author is strictly talking about C and C++. Python is famously pessimal in all possible ways.

• Scubabear68 11mo ago
  Digging around, OK that makes sense. But even in the context of C and C++, there are often more ways the compiler can't help you than ways it can. The most common are on function calls involving array operations and pointers, but a lot of it has to do with the C/C++ header and linker setup as well. C and C++ authors should not blithely assume the compiler is doing an awesome job, and in my experience, they don't.
  • gpderetta 11mo ago
    > C and C++ authors should not blithely assume the compiler is doing an awesome job Agree. And I'm sure the author agrees as well. That's why compiler-explorer exists in the first place.