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Intrinsic function
In compiler theory, an intrinsic function is a function available in a given language whose implementation is handled specially by the compiler. Typically, it substitutes a sequence of automatically-generated instructions for the original function call, similar to an inline function. Compilers that implement intrinsic functions generally enable them only when the user has requested |optimization, falling back to a default implementation provided by the language runtime environment otherwise.
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