Might be its is due to the comparison operation which takes many cycles i < max takes more cycles of cpu than just simply checking i
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 6:50 PM, shiva <shivanand.kadwad...@gmail.com>wrote: > I want to know is there any difference between following two loop in > terms of speed. > > 1. > for(i=0;i<max;i++) > { > > //Some operation > } > 2. > for(i=max; i; i--) > { > > /Some operation > > } > > I heard second one is faster but don't have any proof > > Please comment. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- Regards, Rahul Patil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.