Andrew Pinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Jun 28, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Olivier Galibert wrote: | | > | >> Well, I don't utterly _anything_ about either his position or | >> yours. C is | >> not just a high level assembler, it has complex and abstract semantics | >> imposed on that; | > | > Yes. But C is _also_ a high level assembler, and ignoring that is | > foolish. | | No it is not. It was when it was designed yes but since the C standard | has | come out and the aliasing rules really show that it is not a high level | assembler language any more.
The strict aliasing rule by itself does not show it is not a high level assembly language. There are chips out there where you cannot access data willy-nilly through random register types. -- Gaby
