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pessimizing compiler
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/pes'@mi:z`ing k@mpi:lr/ , n. [antonym of techspeak optimizing compiler ] A
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compiler that produces object code that is worse than the straightforward or
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obvious hand translation. The implication is that the compiler is actually
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trying to optimize the program, but through excessive cleverness is doing
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the opposite. A few pessimizing compilers have been written on purpose,
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however, as pranks or burlesques.
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