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		potato-peeler 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Compiler Explorer Works in 2025 > Ten years from now, that Stack Overflow answer showing a GCC 4.8 bug will still compile on CE exactly as it did when posted. It’s our small contribution to fighting link rot The result can’t be cached? Why maintain an older version just for this?

cinntaile 7 months ago [–]

Caching millions of results doesn't seem like the best use of resources.

Knowing how a system behaves helps when you're trying to fix an issue. If you don't use the same version, it gets a lot harder.

0xdeafbeef 7 months ago | [–]

you need only to cache asm output. It will take a few kb and no waste of cpu cycles.

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