alt Hacker NewsThe problem is incorrectly assuming that the spec is meaningful in some kind of rigorous way.
It’s not. All that matters is what C compilers actually do and what real C programs expect.
This is a good thing. It creates a culture where the two sides meet each other where they’re at
We also have a very limited number of compilers and a small number of prevalent architectures today. As long as you know the behavior of the target compiler and architecture, the behavior is defined, it's just not specified.