Writing effective benchmarks requires that we "fool" the compiler into not pruning away code as dead, even though it really is.

在编写有效的基准时，要求我们能够“愚弄”编译器，即使它认识到代码没有用处，也不能让它将代码砍掉。

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Even dead trees have found their way to the island.

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Yes, Barthes talks about the death of the author, but even Barthes doesn't mean that the author is dead like Nietzsche's God. The author is there, sure.

是的，巴尔特谈到了作者已死的问题，但和尼采所说的上帝已死这个层面上的内容还是有所不同,作者肯定就在那里。

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Why not then say,similarly,even though my body's still alive, nothing wrong about removing the heart if the person is dead.

这样为什么不能说，即使肉体依然生存，但是个人已经死亡时摘除心脏是可以的。

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Cantor cut off salary checks four days after the attacks, effectively concluding that employees were dead even while families and rescue workers clung to hope.

FORBES: Follow-Through

The coroner heard how detectives established that Ms Armitage was dead even though they had only recovered a small piece of human tissue belonging to her.

BBC: Bradford woman 'killed by crossbow bolt and knife'

Polls show it to be dead even.

NPR: Obama Urges Moving Beyond Bush Era