But how to explain Drew's point re: the identical ILs? Could the savings be at compile-time rather than run-time?
> >It's well known that braces speed up code. That's why VB has >always been >slower and while K&R chose to ape B when developing C (and why >Stroustrup continued the tradition). In fact, check out page 255 in the >D&E [1] where Stroustrup provides a little table showing the speed >increase (between 9-101%, depending on what you're doing). You don't >think that any of us actually *likes* using braces, do you? The VB >syntax is *so* much better, but we avoid it due to the >speed-up provided >by braces. > > You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
