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From: sterten AT aol DOT com (Sterten)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Date: 01 Sep 2001 17:10:37 GMT
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Subject: variables
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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why are variables not initialized as 0 ?
is there any reason, why "int x" can be better than "int x=0"  ?

why do we have to define variables at all ? In BASIC I can use
variables without declaring them. (default = float)

I've read, that the new processors will have more registers.
Then we might use register-variables much more often ?
If current GCC/DJGPP uses only -say- half of the registers available ,
then can't they use e.g. all loop-variables as register by default ?


Guenter