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as-if rule

as-if rule noun: a rule by which compilers are allowed to apply any optimizing transformation to a program provided that it makes no change to the observable behavior of the program.

Noun

as-if rule

  1. A rule by which compilers are allowed to apply any optimizing transformation to a program provided that it makes no change to the observable behavior of the program.

Questions about as-if rule

What does as-if rule mean?
As-if rule means a rule by which compilers are allowed to apply any optimizing transformation to a program provided that it makes no change to the observable behavior of the program.
What part of speech is as-if rule?
As-if rule is a noun.

Words near as-if rule in the dictionary

  1. as you wish
  2. as't
  3. as-
  4. as-built
  5. as-builts
  6. as-if rule
  7. as-is
  8. AS-level
  9. AS-levels
  10. As-Nas
  11. as-salamu alaykum

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