Order of Evaluation

Doug Gwyn gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL
Sun Nov 19 12:13:10 AEST 1989

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In article <21265 at usc.edu> gould at physics.usc.edu (Christopher M. Gould) writes:
> Why is the order of evaluation of subexpressions undefined?

Why should it be?

Allowing implementations flexibility in this regard can lead to more
efficient generated code.

If a programmer wants to ensure a particular sequence of calculation,
C provides sufficient tools to do so.  Use them.

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