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I actually don't, but maybe I just lack enough background knowledge on the discussion to understand your intent
by Shikadi 5y ago
I actually don't, but maybe I just lack enough background knowledge on the discussion to understand your intent
- saghm 5y agoI think they're saying that the assembly translation doesn't store back `i`, whereas the C version does, so it's a not straightforward to assume that the assembly compiled from the C won't do that.
- commandlinefan 5y agoThe article talks about a similar code snippet being optimized out by the compiler because i++ can never be less than i originally was (unless you take into account the actual behavior of computers).