From: "Matthias Urlichs" <smurf@noris.de>
To: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
Cc: egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: /internet
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:08:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19981216080851.A5351@noris.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199812160320.TAA11586@atrus.synopsys.com>
Hi,
Joe Buck:
> That is, for
>
> y = a * b * c * d;
>
> the compiler could do the multiplications in any order, but for
No it cannot. C specifies whether operations are left- or
right-associative, meaning it's well-defined which is executed first.
Think "-" vs. "=". ;-)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-12-15 23:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-12-15 15:06 /internet tprince
1998-12-15 19:12 ` /internet Stephen L Moshier
1998-12-15 19:21 ` /internet Joe Buck
1998-12-15 19:37 ` /internet Jeffrey A Law
1998-12-16 7:58 ` /internet Tim Hollebeek
1998-12-16 8:41 ` /internet Joe Buck
1998-12-16 11:45 ` /internet Stephen L Moshier
1998-12-16 11:59 ` /internet Joe Buck
1998-12-16 13:19 ` /internet Chip Salzenberg
1998-12-16 16:20 ` /internet Jeffrey A Law
1998-12-16 17:42 ` /internet Joern Rennecke
1998-12-17 9:46 ` /internet Horst von Brand
1998-12-16 16:37 ` /internet Jeffrey A Law
1998-12-16 16:56 ` /internet Per Bothner
1998-12-17 20:20 ` /internet Jeffrey A Law
1998-12-16 17:52 ` /internet Joern Rennecke
1998-12-17 4:43 ` /internet Sylvain Pion
1998-12-17 10:26 ` /internet Craig Burley
1998-12-15 23:08 ` Matthias Urlichs [this message]
1998-12-16 9:33 ` /internet Craig Burley
1998-12-16 5:44 ` /internet Stephen L Moshier
1998-12-16 9:37 ` /internet Craig Burley
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-12-16 12:34 /internet Geert Bosch
1998-12-16 13:02 ` /internet Harvey J. Stein
1998-12-16 16:25 ` /internet Jeffrey A Law
1998-12-04 17:41 /internet tprince
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