micro-optimizing loops (was Help with casts)

[Conor O'Neill]

In article <10191 at dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek at elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes:
>Of course, the best optimization for:
>
>	for (i = 1; i < 100; i++)
>		x += i;
>
>is:
>
>	x += 4950;


No.
Try
        { x += 4950; i = 100; }




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