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> ... the important thing isn't the exact language but the intent behind the question ...

If we're not going to assume the input state is known then we definitely can't say what the intent behind the question is - for many engineering applications the compiler is deterministic. Debian has the whole reproducible builds thing going which has been a triumph of pragmatic engineering on a remarkable scale. And suggests that, pragmatically, compilers may be deterministic.