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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Whaddaya think?
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:01:07 -0700
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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> On 17.06.2024 07:40, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> The worst consequence of undefined behavior is having your code
>>> appear to "work".
>>
>> Personally I think causing a missle launch that started a
>> worldwide thermonuclear war would be a worse consequence.
>> YMMV.
>
> The standard doesn't say anything to prohibit such a consequence, but in
> real life such an outcome is possible only if your program is executing
> in an environment that allows it to send out launch messages to real
> missiles.  In such a context, a program that was intended to launch a
> missile strike, and seemed to do so, but actually failed to do so, would
> arguably be worse.  If the enemy knows that you are running such
> defective software, that enemy might not be deterred from attacking.

None of that has any relevance to my comment.