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From: volpe@camelback.crd.ge.com (Christopher R Volpe)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Efficiency Question
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Date: 26 Feb 91 13:39:00 GMT
References: <4bmBqau00Uh_M0aHgb@andrew.cmu.edu> <1991Feb25.181434.6462@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Feb26.042023.2097@grebyn.com>
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In article <1991Feb26.042023.2097@grebyn.com>, ckp@grebyn.com
(Checkpoint Technologies) writes:
|>rg2c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert Nelson Gasch) writes:
|>
|>>Since C gives you the opportunity to condense statements, I was wondering
|>>what difference to the compiler these 'shortcuts' make. 
|>>
|>>   x = x + 1;           can become
|>>   x += 1;              which can be further condensed to
|>>   x++;

Just wanted to point out that "x += 1" cannot be condensed to "x++", but
rather to "++x".
                                                   
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Chris Volpe
G.E. Corporate R&D
volpecr@crd.ge.com