Obscure C code (was Re: Excessive optimization)

[Ethan Dicks]

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:26 PM,  <schoedel at kw.igs.net> wrote:
> To keep this slightly on-topic, here's the answer from the 1975 _C Reference
> Manual_, via dmr's home page:
>
>  The expression "E1[E2]" is identical (by definition) to "*((E1) + (E2))".

Very concisely put.  We're just used to E1 being large and fixed and
E2 being small and variable, but there's no lexical requirement of
such.

-ethan