feeling sad about compilers again
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we always ask if the compiler will optimise something, but we never ask if the compiler likes optimising things
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what if the compiler likes keeping redundant terms around? we expect them to be so utilitarian. everybody needs a little decoration and some company
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we always expect useful error messages, but what if the compiler wants to talk about success sometimes? what if the compiler wants to tell you about code that's nice
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clang: "h-hey... I was able to vectorise this loop >_< and I eliminated a load of unnecessary stack operations too!"
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