Subj : Re: which for loop is better?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Hopwood
Date : Fri Mar 25 2005 03:06 am

sam wrote:
> Hi, 
>    which one of the following codes in C would you prefer to print
> those "hello"s and why?
> int i,j;
> 1) for(i=0;i<=99;i++)
>     for(j=0;j<=999;j++)
>       printf("hello");
> 
> 2) for(i=0;i<=999;i++)
>      for(j=0;j<=99;j++)
>        printf("hello");

As if it matters. What a stupid question, teaching people to micro-optimize
without thinking about whether it can possibly lead to any difference in
perceptible performance. Whoever set this homework question should be
ashamed of themselves.

-- 
David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk>

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