On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 14:59:51 +0530, Mandeep Singh Sandhu wrote:
> Hi all,
> a small doubt on a loop. If i have to use a loop
> which one is preffered/better - a "for" or a "while"
> loop???
>
> i had written small prog (2 files)
>
> file 1 had
>
> main()
> {
> int i=10;
> for(;i--;);
> }
>
> file 2 had
>
> main()
> {
> int i=10;
> while(i--);
> }
>
> both of them produced the SAME assembly code.
> so is there really ne reason why i shud pick one over the other???
You have already answered yourself -- they are exactly equivalent. It's
just a matter of taste.
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