OpenEuphoria

using compare

• Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> Nov 14, 1998
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Jiri wondered:

> I just want to know why you stubbornly and wastefully use
> the despised compare() function even when both arguments
> are integers?

Ouch. 

You are certinly right about the "despised" portion - I hate doing work
that's easily done by the compiler. But I've gotten burned so often by
accidentally using '=' that I use 'compare' out of habit.

But is 'compare' that inefficient? I would imagine that Robert could fairly
easily check the args and make it as efficient as '=' if he wanted to (is
this already being done?). That might be a nice feature for people like me
that are "wasteful" in not optimizing their code.

Thanks.

-- David Cuny