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C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness
The original ANSI C standard, C89, introduced the concept of “undefined behavior,” which was used both to describe the effect of outright bugs like accessing memory in a freed object and also to capture the fact that existing implementations differed about handling certain aspects of the language, including use of…
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Software EngineeringSystems & Performance2023
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2023 | C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness by bumbledraven | 265 | 543 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness (2023) by endorphine | 93 | 130 |
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