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Re:Speed Is the Killer Feature by rbanffy on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @08:00AM (#26314833)
I would expect the compiler to get rid of that loop.
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Re:Speed Is the Killer Feature by bee_rider on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @02:43PM (#26319563)
The story is from 1990. Nowadays you would probably have to be a little bit more clever. Maybe toss in a volatile variable?
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Re:Speed Is the Killer Feature by rbanffy on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @05:12PM (#26321732)
In pretty sure 1990's compilers would do that.
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