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In that case, the GCC extension is part of the input language (in a broader sense). Still, your example clearly shows the difficulties involved in practice.

If you know the compiler (and every other tools involved in the process), then yes, there exist at least one solution (the original input). The search will eventually find it.

My point is not about checking if the given program will halt or not. The parent comment's suggestion was: (1) for each possible input program, (1.a) compile it, and (1.b) check if…

The set of all possible inputs is infinite: Halting Problem.

Moreover, using an arrow operator, the OP almost wrote a Prolog expression: ( X==Y -> A ; B)

I appreciate your reply. I am not sure if I really am on the Scholars side of the spectrum myself, but I surely love to know how to use my tools appropriately (Googling instead of …

I agree, but I would like to quote the author : "This isn’t an article where I try to convince you to write your code like I write mine." He does not really try to force his style.…

Maybe "Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics" ;-)

I handle my mail with imapfilter ( http://imapfilter.hellug.gr/#overview ). Can I reuse the machine learning part ?

Annoying? Poor usability? It looks like a button, reacts on mouseovers, and would totally fit in some game's website. Besides, it is not the point here.

WEIRD stands for "Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic", which explains the capitalization.

If you write one statement per line, the code is very clear, and there is no need for semicolons. It is after all possible, according to the syntax, and a minifier should be able t…

The original argument is not about the minifier, but about semicolons. By the way, why would your better minifier introduce a semicolon here ? This is obviously a useless character…

That theory is so simplistic. It is based on a very selfish and static vision of a relationship : "the other must think like me", "people never change". Arguing, debating, ... with…