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Re:Iterating Backwards in C by StilesCrisis on Thursday October 29, 2026 @11:50PM (#50299666)
Optimizers eat stuff like this up. It'll restructure your loop however it wants.
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Re:Iterating Backwards in C by bugake on Friday October 30, 2026 @01:55AM (#50300326)
You should always check the compiled assembly with Compiler Explorer because compilers sometimes avoid certain optimizations for convoluted reasons, which are hard to predict.
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