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Joe keane wrote:
 
> Anyway readability is key; to me code like
> 
>     ct = len;
>     fop = fob;
>     while (--ct >= 0)
>     {
>         ...(fop)
>         fop++;
>     }
> 
> is so idiomatic that it's easiest.

More idiomatic is:

     while (ct-- != 0) {
         ;
     }

It's a natural for counting down through an array.

    unsigned array[10];
    unsigned ct = sizeof array / sizeof *array;

    while (ct-- != 0) {
        array[ct] = ct;
    }

-- 
pete