The compiler is deterministic and the translation does not lose semantics. The meaning of your code is an exact reflection of what is produced.

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fragmede 4 hours ago | parent [-]

We can tell you weren't around for the advent of compilers. To be fair, neither was I since the UNIX c compiler came out in '68 and was by far not the first compiler. Modern comilers you can make that claim about, but early compilers weren't.

	▲	recursive 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		All compilers have bugs. Any loss of semantics during compilation would be considered a bug. In order to do that, the source and target language need to be structured and specified. I wasn't around in the 60s either, but I think that hasn't changed.
	▲	georgemcbay 26 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I've been programming since 6502/6510 assembly language and all compilers I've used were deterministic (which isn't the same thing as being bug free or producing the correct output for a given input).
	▲	tjr 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Which early compilers were nondeterministic?