the reason we started using zero-indexed arrays was because it shaved a couple of processor cycles off of a program’s compilation time. Not execution time; compile time.
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Tuesday 17 December 2013
compiler shavings
Mike Hoye provides an interesting bit of computing history, plus an Open Source rant.
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