Well, neither C nor C++ are assembly, and vice versa. That's my usual response to this kind of "arguments", in every such question; boy do they come up a lot.

Well, neither C nor C++ are assembly, and vice versa. That's my usual response to this kind of "arguments", in every such question; boy do they come up a lot. Regardless, I'll repeat it; maybe it'll stick this time: i < 0 is a conditional expression, if (i < 0) {} is a conditional statement. Also, while the above could be (mis)taken for C code; cmp eax, 0 jl foo this one surely wouldn't. And at this point I'll stop beating this particular horse.