What happens if the result of an arithmetic operation isn't stored in memory

When I was studying C++ 5 years ago, one of our assignments was

Create a program that calculates the temperature in fahrenheit based on the celsius input using the formula C° x 9/5 + 32 = F°

Our first version was something like this

int main()

{

    float celsius;

    cout << "Enter Celsius temperature: ";

    cin >> celsius;

    cout << "Fahrenheit: " << celsius * (9.0 / 5) + 32 << endl;

    return 0;

}

A classmates pointed out that we weren't explicitly told to output the result, which resulted in

int main()

{

    float celsius;

    cout << "Enter Celsius temperature: ";

    cin >> celsius;

    celsius * (9.0 / 5) + 32;

    return 0;

}

I've used this as an anecdote: always be thorough when specifying requirements

Lately I've been wondering if this code actually did satisfy the requirements.

Wouldn't the part be excluded by the compiler during the Dead Code Elimination? The code was compiled in Visual Studio 2010 without any specific compiler options.

Viewing the Visual Studio Disassembly the statement doesn't seem to generate any code, but then again, neither does the statement.

C++ code and corresponding Disassembly

     7:     float celsius;

     8:     cout << "Enter Celsius temperature: ";

 push        offset string "Enter Celsius temperature: " (01368B30h)  

 mov         eax,dword ptr [_imp_?cout@std@@3V?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@1@A (0136C098h)]  

 push        eax  

 call        std::operator<<<std::char_traits<char> > (01361370h)  

 add         esp,8  

     9:     cin >> celsius;

 mov         esi,esp  

 lea         eax,[celsius]  

 push        eax  

 mov         ecx,dword ptr [_imp_?cin@std@@3V?$basic_istream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@1@A (0136C09Ch)]  

 call        dword ptr [__imp_std::basic_istream<char,std::char_traits<char> >::operator>> (0136C0A0h)]  

 cmp         esi,esp  

 call        __RTC_CheckEsp (0136114Fh)  

    10:     celsius * (9.0 / 5) + 32;

    11:     return 0;

 xor         eax,eax