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C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness (2023)

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93 points endorphine | 1 comments | 28 Mar 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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Brian_K_White ◴[31 Mar 25 16:34 UTC] No.43536927[source]▶
They let the programmer be the ultimate definer of correctness.

They don't prioritize performance over correctness, they prioritize programmer control over compiler/runtime control.

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1. vacuity ◴[31 Mar 25 18:01 UTC] No.43537845[source]▶
Empirically, then, we don't have enough programmers capable of mastering such control.