Re: A89: Clearing a string

To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: Re: A89: Clearing a string
From: "Kevin Goodsell" <goodsell@bridgernet.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 18:57:57 -0600
Reply-To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org


Of course not. I never claimed otherwise. What I am claiming is that the
extra continue is probably not going to affect the generated code on most
compilers, and in most cases nobody would ever be able to tell the
difference anyway (in terms of execution time). Yes, in most cases I will
choose clarity of code over optimization because in most cases all the
optimization in the world won't make a noticable difference. As I said
before, this applies more to PC programming than calculator programming
where size becomes an issue.

-Kevin

>
>Comments are NOT included in executables!  They're left out from the
>compilation, because, after all, they don't actually _do_ anything.  What
you
>could do is explain some optimized code with a comment, and thus get the
>efficient generated code along with readability.  But slowing down the code
>on purpose is generally very wasteful, whether for computer or calculator.
>
>
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