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Re: No Aliasing Compile Option

#558
From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Wed, 30 May 1990 16:25
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According to bmarsh@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William C. Marsh):
>Sure, I can program in a very poor style, and a 'true' C
>compiler will still compile it correctly, but is that really
>what you want?

YES.  That's EXACTLY what I want.  I paid for a C compiler,
right?  I want to get what I paid for.

PLEASE NOTE: My complaint is that Microsoft is using "cl -Oa" in
PUBLISHED BENCHMARKS.  I consider this practice EVIL and RUDE,
because "cl -Oa" is not a C compiler.  It produces incorrect
results on C programs that use aliasing within functions.  Such
programs may be poorly written in the opinion of some, but they
are still *valid* C programs.

If I read a Microsoft C benchmark result, I want it to be
compiled with a COMPLETE C COMPILER.  To do otherwise is
fraudulent advertising on Microsoft's part.

Is that clear enough?
-- 
Chip, the new t.b answer man    <chip%tct@ateng.com>, <uunet!ateng!tct!chip>
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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: No Aliasing Compile Option
Keywords: Microsoft 6.0 C update woes
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Date: 30 May 90 16:25:08 GMT
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