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It’s a fantastic example of why an ad blocker is a completely necessary accessory to use the web in any capacity today.

I have a brilliant friend who works there. However, only projects that integrate AI are really getting approved.

Not if I use AI to hide my use of AI first!

Enforcing that ban is going to be difficult.

Look at those goalposts go!

Don’t forget the random explosive barrel.

I aspire to one day be as knowledgeable and well-rounded in computing as he.

Unfortunately, the server.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

This is when the timelines diverged and sent us to this place.

There's also this part of the standard that throws a wrench into this hypothesis:

§5.1.2.3/4: (Program execution, Observable behavior):

Accesses to volatile objects and calls to library I/O functions are observable behavior. The implementation may perform any transformation of a program, provided that the resulting program’s observable behavior is not changed.

So it seems that running forever isn't an observable property that must be preserved when code is transformed.

Still, I think compilers try to not surprise the developer too badly and would recognize a trivial loop most of the time.

They also enjoy legal insider trading, free unlimited use of the postal service, and the best healthcare in the world at no cost to the senator!

The lovely part about UB is it’s non-causal. The compiler can go back in time and steal Halloween candy from you when you were five and still comply with the specification.