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From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
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Subject: Re: Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:07:44 -0400 (EDT), "Walter Banks"
<walter@bytecraft.com> wrote:

[snip]

>This can be especially true while developing optimization a surprising
>number of new optimizations do not have the intended effect on old
>functioning programs.

     I am a compiler non-expert.  Could you give some non-trivial
examples (or point to some), please?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko