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From: kt4@prism.gatech.EDU (Ken Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: No Aliasing Compile Option
Keywords: Microsoft 6.0 C update woes
Message-ID: <9769@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 25 May 90 14:40:18 GMT
References: <4886@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <26547195.F69@tct.uucp> <1990May19.141401.4350@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <265861D7.3293@tct.uucp> <134@qmsseq.imagen.com>
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In article <134@qmsseq.imagen.com> pipkins@qmsseq.UUCP (Jeff Pipkins) writes:
>My two cents worth (an inflated price, at that):
>
>1. Because of the design of the C language, it is not possible for a C
>
[ lots of stuff deleted about why there should not be a no aliasing compiler
 option ]

I must again disagree. No one is requiring you to use this option. I 
personally have written many C programs that do not use aliasing. Why 
shouldn't I be able to take advantage of greater speed and tighter code. It
doesn't force you to use this option. 

					Ken


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