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Article #508Re: No Aliasing Compile Option
From: Ken Thompson
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 14:40
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 14:40
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In article <134@qmsseq.imagen.com> pipkins@qmsseq.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins) writes:
>My two cents worth (an inflated price, at that):
>
>1. Because of the design of the C language, it is not possible for a C
>
[ lots of stuff deleted about why there should not be a no aliasing compiler
option ]
I must again disagree. No one is requiring you to use this option. I
personally have written many C programs that do not use aliasing. Why
shouldn't I be able to take advantage of greater speed and tighter code. It
doesn't force you to use this option.
Ken
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!emory!mephisto!prism!kt4 From: kt4@prism.gatech.EDU (Ken Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: No Aliasing Compile Option Keywords: Microsoft 6.0 C update woes Message-ID: <9769@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 25 May 90 14:40:18 GMT References: <4886@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <26547195.F69@tct.uucp> <1990May19.141401.4350@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <265861D7.3293@tct.uucp> <134@qmsseq.imagen.com> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 21