Re: The MOVE problem

William M. Klein wrote:
The original question came from a "compiler writer" not from a
programmer. The issue is not whether this SHOULD ever be written -
but what should a compiler do when it finds it. Of course, a
compiler could reject the code - but then it wouldn't conform to any
Standard (at least from the '74 Standard on).

The compiler, in not rejecting the code, is relying on the good sense of the
Senior Programmer to, ah, reject the code of the beginner.


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