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flowerlad
on July 6, 2019
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So you think you know C? (2016)
“I don’t know” is not the right answer. I do know. I know the answer to be “Unspecified”.
thayne
on July 6, 2019
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But you _don't_ know what it returns, because the behavior is either undefined or implementation defined, and you don't know the implementation.
ben509
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But you
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know that it's undefined or implementation defined. It's a "known unknown".
Thorrez
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Yes, so you knowingly click "I don't know". You don't know the value, and you know that you don't know the value.
H8crilA
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Look, do you know what will it return or not?
saagarjha
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Not without knowing the compiler, which I think was the point.
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