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From: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker)
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Subject: Re: Pascal deficiency?
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Date: 24 Dec 90 06:20:30 GMT
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SEC> Decent is the key word here. If your compiler does not optimize, 
SEC> you're likely to get different code for these, and with the number 
SEC> of shoddy software products on the market these days, you might 
SEC> want to investigate.

I've disassembled enough C and Pascal, both THINK and MPW, to know that they
all generate and Addq.x   #1,dx for this instruction no matter how you write
it.

j := j + 1;
j := Succ(j);

j = j + 1;
j++;
++j;
j += 1;
all generate exactly the same code. 
 

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