Quickest way to do an If val1 = val2 with Word variables

[Darrel Taylor]

val1 VAR WORD
val2 VAR WORD

SLOW

IF val1 = val2 THEN SomeWhere

FASTer

IF val1.HighByte = val2.HighByte THEN
    IF val1.LowByte = val2.LowByte THEN
        GOTO SomeWhere
    ENDIF
ENDIF