From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,71c41b6f4d72158c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-13 10:18:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: re: if X in 1..35000 versus Boolean References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.201.216 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1026580625 ST000 67.112.201.216 (Sat, 13 Jul 2002 13:17:05 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 13:17:05 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJSCTS@[SPTX\JKXOFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\RSAANVUEAE[YETZPIWWI[FCIZA^NBFXZ_D[BFNTCNVPDTNTKHWXKB@X^B_OCJLPZ@ET_O[G\XSG@E\G[ZKVLBL^CJINM@I_KVIOR\T_M_AW_M[_BWU_HFA_]@A_A^SGFAUDE_DFTMQPFWVW[QPJN Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 17:17:05 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27053 Date: 2002-07-13T17:17:05+00:00 List-Id: > Or does the compiler really ... Reason thusly: The compiler could do A or B with similar ease. Both give the right answer. A is efficient. B is unusably inefficient. If I was a compiler writer who wanted his compiler to be used, which would I choose?