From:	mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: How does it work?
Date:	30 Oct 1997 05:18:10 GMT
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 10:41:42 +0000 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp John M. Aldrich (fighteer AT cs DOT com) wrote:
: Hmm... try counting to 2 billion without printing anything out:  
: 
:     int i;
:     for ( i = 0; i < 2000000000; i++ )
:         ;
: 
: Bet that runs faster in DJGPP than in Qbasic.  :)

Can Qbasic count that high? Besides, the optimiser ought to optimise
that out anyway ;).

-- 
Regards,

george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk

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