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by nwmcsween 3414 days ago
> But compilers are written according to the standard.

Written to the writers _interpretation_ of the standard. I bet money that every compiler written from a text standard hasn't followed said standard. It would be nice if a standard included code fragments used to show/test the validity of what is stated.

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There are examples in the standard.