alt Hacker NewsWe 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.
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.
This is true.
But why I’m saying has always been true. What has changed is that the effective portability of C and C++ code has increased due to the reduction in number of compilers and arches