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		noblethrasher on Feb 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Has Joel Spolsky Jumped the Shark? (2006) That's fair. But in my world “compiler” and “optimizing compiler” are very different things. Also, targeting different backends is drudgery but I never thought of it as being hard.

chollida1 on Feb 26, 2013 [–]

> That's fair. But in my world “compiler” and “optimizing compiler” are very different things

Ah, ok. In that case, I'd agree.

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