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Re: optimisation question


"Remy X.O. Martin" <vsxo@hotmail.com> writes:

> Here's another 'trick' I learned in those days: use a=b, c=d, e=f; rather
> than a=b; c=d; e=f; (like in the initialisation expression of a for
> loop). "The first version might be executed in parallel. Of course we
> don't have parellel machines here, but you never know..."

And of course it is wrong, because the comma operator creates a sequence
point (but K&R C didn't have sequence points yet).

Andreas.

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