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More code = more better (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by hoch@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The question the optimizer can't really answer is: will Random.nextInt() ever return 10? If that's a 64 bit integer it could be a LOOOOOONG time before 10 ever shows up.

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

If it were a magic lang item, you could treat the resulting value in a special way. Then, you could create an optimization pass for this situation: if a variable is assigned random in a loop and the loop can only be exited with a certain value, the compiler can coerce the magic rand value to it.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Ah yes the halting problem