trollboy

<?php/** * Results on my box running within ZDE: * X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.0 * Content-type: text/html * * case_attempt: 8.367699 *  short_if: 3.450575 *   open_if: 4.021634 * closed_if: 4.627933 * * There appears to be little optimization within the php interpreter itself and shortif's are the fastest.  */ $_GLOBALS["X"]=array(1,2,3,0);  function o($n){ 	return $_GLOBALS["X"][$n]; }  function case_attempt($n){ 	switch($n){ 		case 0:return 1; 		case 1:return 2; 		case 2:return 3; 		default:return 0; 	} }  function short_if($n){ 	return 0==$n?1:(1==$n?2:(2==$n?3:0)); }  function open_if($n){ 	if(0==$n)return 1; 	else if(1==$n)return 2; 	else if(2==$n)return 3; 	else return 0; }  function closed_if($n){ 	if(0==$n){ 		return 1; 	} elseif(1==$n){ 		return 2; 	} elseif(2==$n){ 		return 3; 	} else { 		return 0; 	} } function t($func){ 	$start=microtime(1); 	for($i=0;$i<5e5;$i++) 		$func($i%6); 		printf("\n%10s: %f",$func,microtime(1)-$start); }  t("case_attempt"); t("short_if"); t("open_if"); t("closed_if");?>