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It's a hilarious post but I'm scared and curious to ask what this is in response to?

Yes, I agree. It feels like some context is missing here.

[OP] Ah, I've just seen a bunch of people showcase "amazing new tools" that are just bad compilers in disguise. State of the art Database query optimizers are good examples of this.

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