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> In SwiftForth:
> see >
> 354F   EBX 0 [EBP] CMP                  395D00
> 3552   0 # EBX MOV                      BB00000000
> 3557   355A JLE                         7E01
> 3559   EBX DEC                          4B
> 355A   4 # EBP ADD                      83C504
> 355D   RET                              C3 ok
> 
> Cheers,
> Elizabeth

Ouch, not keen on the JLE there ! I no branch predicators have got better but !

How about useing 'xor ebx,ebx' rather than the mov too !

Chris