Re: [OT] Re: to guru : strange C++ operator behaviour

From: WW (wolof_at_freemail.hu)
Date: 10/04/03 

Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 04:32:29 +0300

Howard wrote:
> "The compiler is allowed to do whatever it wants, including
> formatting your harddisk."
>
> This very explicitly is talking about an action by the compiler, and

No, it is not. The compiler makes the program. The program makes something
causing your hard drive to be formatted and your dog to have 7 puppies and
your mother-in-law to move in permanently with her 4 deaf friends. So no,
it did not. Honest. 

-- 
WW aka Attila

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