> Assuming your machine architecture supports something like condition codes. > On, e.g., the MIPS you would need to test for < and == separately.
And even if your machine supports condition codes, you'll need one test plus two conditional jumps. Not much better than MIPS's 2 independent tests plus 2 conditional jumps. Stefan _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe