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ndesaulniersyesterday at 9:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

> C compiler is one of the most rigorously specified pieces of software out there

/me Laughs in "unspecified behavior."


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ori_byesterday at 10:03 PM

There's undefined behavior, which is quite well specified. What do you mean by unspecified behavior? Do you have an example?

irishcoffeeyesterday at 10:30 PM

Undefined is absolutely clear in the spec.

Unspecified is whatever you want it to mean. I am also laughing, having never heard "unspecified" before.

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