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		kragen 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shrinking While Linking Yes, surely much more code is being written in other languages than in C, but probably more C is being written now than ever before, too.

dcminter 14 days ago [–]

Sure, but I think that "back in the day your compiler would ..." is a reasonable characterisation.

Back in the day, yes, your compiler almost certainly would do that. Now, your compiler might possibly do that. For most working stiffs it won't though.

Ok, my side of the shed's painted now :D

kragen 14 days ago | [–]

I agree.

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