soundex algorithm wanted

[Chris Torek]

In article <1239 at whuxl.UUCP> mike at whuxl.UUCP (BALDWIN) writes:
>	register char	c, lc, prev = '0';

All the compilers I have used ignore the `register' on `register
char' declarations.  In any case, an `int' will hold everything
that will fit in a `char', and is (usually) the `natural word size'
of the machine.  Is there ever any reason to declare a variable
`register char' rather than `register int'?  Are there any extant
compilers for which the latter will generate *worse* code?
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