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9rxtoday at 1:54 AM0 repliesview on HN

> It is generally considered a bug in a compiler if its output is nondeterministic.

Reproducible builds are oft considered a desirable goal, but not having them is hardly a bug. Not even some of the most well known compilers out there, like gcc and clang, are deterministic by default — and not by accident; in those cases you can enable determinism if you wish.