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

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Brian_K_White ◴[3/31/2025, 4:34:00 PM] 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 ◴[3/31/2025, 6:01:00 PM] No.43537845[source]▶

Empirically, then, we don't have enough programmers capable of mastering such control.