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From: heim@vms.macc.wisc.edu (JOHN HEIM	)
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Subject: Re: Novice question.
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Date: 14 Nov 90 16:35:11 GMT
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Didn't the ANSI committee say that "register" is a *suggestion* to the 
compiler that the varible be stored in a register for faster access?  
I seem to remember reading something about that.  It may be that that 
I got it from either the Turbo C or MSC 5.1 manual though.

At any rate, I *think* that if you're working in TC or MSC you'd 
probably be better off letting the optimizer decide how to use the 
registers.  True?

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