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From: rob@matterhorn.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere)
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Subject: Re: When do you use "if ( a = b )"? (was Re: Funny mistake)
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Date: 21 Mar 91 21:23:59 GMT
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In article <11109@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes:
>then your compiler is not worth what you paid for it.  (Well, with two
>possible exceptions: if you have turned off all optimization, or if `a'
>is declared `volatile'.)

Three: if the cost of the compiler was sufficiently negative.

SR
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