RE: Clever UNIX/C Constructs

 >> Oh yeah, also performance.  Consider the statements:

 >>       Totals(FindItem('xyz')) += incr;
 >>       Totals(FindItem('xyz')) = Totals(FindItem('xyz')) + incr;

>Isn't that more of a lack of optimization in the compiler and/or optimizing
>tranlator than a performance issue Hans?


In Hans defense:

What if finditem returns the position of the first occurrence on the first
call and the position of the next occurrence on each call their after.

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