Re: If boolean vs. If not boolean

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There may not be anyone here who can answer that Glenn - but in theory they should be identical.

But since RPG translates to W-code and from there to MI-prime and from there (eventually via the microcode) to machine instructions - well it is such a long haul that do we really care?

You're optimizing at way too low a level if you're worrying about this.


On 2013-10-04, at 5:25 PM, Glenn Gundermann <ggundermann@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi gurus,
>
> Forgive the trivialness of this question but I am wondering if you smart folks can answer this. 
>
> Compare these two statements:
>
> If booleanVar;
> If not booleanVar;
>
> Do both of these take the exact same number of internal instructions for the test or does the second statement take an extra step?
>
> Thanks. 
>
> Glenn Gundermann
>
>
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