pessimising compiler
/pes'*-mi:z"ing k*m-pi:l"r/ (Antonym of "optimising compiler") A compiler that
produces object code that is worse than the straightforward or obvious hand
translation. The implication is that the compiler is actually trying to optimise
the program, but through excessive cleverness is doing the opposite. A few
pessimizing compilers have been written on purpose, however, as pranks or
burlesques.
(1995-02-01)
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