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No need to downvote, guys.

The C language specification [0] defines an abstract machine and defines C semantics in terms of this machine. 5.1.2.3 ยง1:

> The semantic descriptions in this International Standard describe the behavior of an abstract machine in which issues of optimization are irrelevant.

[0] http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf



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