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My Little Optimizer: Undefined Behavior is Magic

by Michael Spencer

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

Compiler exploitation of undefined behavior has been a topic of recent discussion in the programming community. This talk will explore the magic of Undefined Behavior, Covering how and why modern optimizers exploit undefined behavior in C++ programs.