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Why is processing a sorted array faster than an unsorted array?

Here is a piece of Visual C++ code that seems very peculiar. For some strange reason, sorting the data miraculously makes the code almost six times faster. #include

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What is the difference between #include <filename> and #include “filename”?

The difference is in the location where the preprocessor searches for the included file. For #include "filename" the preprocessor searches in the same directory as the

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What are the differences between a pointer variable and a reference variable?

* A pointer can be re-assigned: int x = 5; int y = 6; int *p; p = &x; p = &y; *p = 10; assert(x == 5); assert(y == 10)

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What is the name of the "-->" operator?

Here's an example: #include <stdio.h> int main() { int x = 10; while( x --> 0 ) // x goes to 0 { printf("%d ", x)