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From: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Just a little something that has been bothering me.
Message-ID: <202@nazgul.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 90 20:06:14 GMT
References: <1990Nov30.180913.20890@clear.com> <kbMJrQO00VpNEgwmsE@andrew.cmu.edu> <1990Dec08.222943.1581@cs.widener.edu> <14694@smoke.brl.mil>
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In article <1990Dec08.222943.1581@cs.widener.edu> sven@cs.widener.edu (Sven Heinicke) writes:
-What is quicker?
-	int a = 0,i = 0;
-or
-	int a,i;
-	i = a = 0;
-and why?

Why not:
1. Compile and disassemble the output, and see if there is any difference
   in the code generated.
2. Write a simple timing loop to see which is faster.