wert@cup.portal.com (robert scott comer) (03/05/89)
>Slow For Loop: > for (i = 0; i <= char_count; i++) > destn_buffer[i] = *(source_buffer + i); > When you write the for loop you give the compiler the best information about what you are doing. You are also giving the reader of your program the best information. If you compiler isn't smart enough to get this right, then poo-poo on it, but that is a reason to switch compilers rather than pervert your code. BTW, the loop should look like this: for (i = 0; i < char_count; i++) destn_buffer[i] = source_buffer[i]; If you know that your fine compiler could do better if the index went the other way, run the loop backwards: for (i = char_count - 1; i >= 0; i--) [...] Also, register declarations might help on stupid C compilers, which would never get this right without them. Smart C compilers ignore register declarations. scott comer