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From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins)
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Subject: Re: How come << falls through at 16 on a 32-bit integer?
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Date: 14 Apr 91 18:38:58 GMT
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In article <1991Apr14.003724.8979@athena.mit.edu> scs@adam.mit.edu writes:
>Not to criticize you, but any time *anyone's* understanding of
>the language doesn't match the behavior of the compiler, prompting
>a cry of "compiler bug!", it's usually the "understanding" that's
>at fault...

Different people have different experiences.  In my case, I am right about
90% of the time, and the compiler (or hardware) only about 10%.