Order of function argument evaluation

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1986 05:28

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>Does anyone know of a compiler for which the program below does NOT
>produce the output shown?
>       .
>       .       <program deleted>
>       .
>----- PROGRAM OUTPUT ---------------
>2,1,0
>3
>------------------------------------
It seems I can answer my own question; the Sargasso C compiler for the
DEC-10 under TOPS-10 produces
-----
0,1,2
     3
------

This sort of behavior is up to the compiler writer, isn't it?
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