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[mister_e]

This has picked my curiosity, so here's a little benchmark test

IF-THEN-ELSE: 432 WORDS, 1608 UsEC
FOR-TO-NEXT: 103 WORDS, 2241 UsEC
REPEAT - UNTIL: 99 WORDS, 2200 UsEC
WHILE - WEND: 101 WORDS, 2225 UsEC

Interesting eh!

and the code to evaluate it, Darrel may recognize some of his tricks

<font color="#000000">        @   __CONFIG _XT_OSC &amp; _LVP_OFF

    <font color="#000080">DEFINE </font>HSER_RCSTA 90h <font color="#008000">' Enable serial port &amp; continuous receive
    </font><font color="#000080">DEFINE </font>HSER_TXSTA 24h <font color="#008000">' Enable transmit, BRGH = 1
    </font><font color="#000080">DEFINE </font>HSER_SPBRG 25  <font color="#008000">' 9600 Baud @ 4MHz, 0.16%

    </font>@TMR1=TMR1L
    TMR1    <font color="#000080">VAR WORD </font>EXT
    T1CON = 0

    ML_Value        <font color="#000080">VAR BYTE</font>[8]
    Summe_Alarm     <font color="#000080">VAR BYTE
    </font>TEMP            <font color="#000080">VAR BYTE
    </font>ADDR            <font color="#000080">VAR WORD
    </font>TWOCHAR         <font color="#000080">VAR WORD
    </font>CHAR            <font color="#000080">VAR BYTE
    </font>size <font color="#000080">VAR WORD

    GOTO </font>START        

<font color="#000080">ASM
SIZESTART macro
    MOVE?CT 0,T1CON,TMR1ON              </font><font color="#008000">; Stop timer
    </font><font color="#000080">MOVE?CW 0,TMR1                      </font><font color="#008000">; clear Timer value
</font><font color="#000080">BLOCKSTART = $                          </font><font color="#008000">; set CodeBlock Start address
    </font><font color="#000080">MOVE?CT 1,T1CON,TMR1ON              </font><font color="#008000">; start Timer
    </font><font color="#000080">ENDM

SIZEEND MACRO BLOCKNAME
    MOVE?CT 0, T1CON,TMR1ON             </font><font color="#008000">; stop timer
    </font><font color="#000080">MOVE?CW ($ - BLOCKSTART - 2), _size </font><font color="#008000">; calculate code block size
                                        ; remove 2 word for timerstart/stop
    </font><font color="#000080">LOCAL STRING,JUMPSTRING
    GOTO JUMPSTRING
STRING    DA  BLOCKNAME,0               </font><font color="#008000">; store codeblock name
</font><font color="#000080">JUMPSTRING
    CHK?RP _ADDR
    MOVE?CW STRING,_ADDR                </font><font color="#008000">; get string sddress
    </font><font color="#000080">L?CALL _DisplayResult               </font><font color="#008000">; show results via serial comm
    </font><font color="#000080">endm
ENDASM

</font>START:
<font color="#000080">@    SIZESTART
    IF </font>(ML_Value[0] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[0] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0 = 1
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[1] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[1] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.1 = 1
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[2] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[2] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.2 = 1
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[3] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[3] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.3 = 1
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[4] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[4] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.4 = 1
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[5] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[5] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.5 = 1
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[6] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[6] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.6 = 1
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[7] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[7] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.7 = 1
    
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[0] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[0] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0 = 0
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[1] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[1] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.1 = 0
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[2] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[2] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.2 = 0
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[3] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[3] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.3 = 0
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[4] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[4] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.4 = 0
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[5] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[5] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.5 = 0
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[6] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[6] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.6 = 0
    <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[7] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[7] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.7 = 0
<font color="#000080">@   SIZEEND &quot;IF-THEN-ELSE&quot;

@   SIZESTART
    FOR </font>TEMP = 0 <font color="#000080">TO </font>7
        <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0[TEMP] = 1
        <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0[TEMP] = 0
        <font color="#000080">NEXT </font>TEMP
<font color="#000080">@   SIZEEND &quot;FOR-TO-NEXT&quot;
 
@   SIZESTART
    </font>TEMP = 0
    <font color="#000080">REPEAT
        IF </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0[TEMP] = 1
        <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0[TEMP] = 0
        TEMP=TEMP+1
        <font color="#000080">UNTIL </font>TEMP = 8
<font color="#000080">@  SIZEEND &quot;REPEAT - UNTIL&quot;

@   SIZESTART
    </font>TEMP = 0
    <font color="#000080">WHILE </font>TEMP!=8
        <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &lt;= $5A) <font color="#000080">OR </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] =&gt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0[TEMP] = 1
        <font color="#000080">IF </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &gt; $5A) <font color="#000080">AND </font>(ML_Value[TEMP] &lt; $82) <font color="#000080">THEN </font>Summe_Alarm.0[TEMP] = 0
        TEMP=TEMP+1
        <font color="#000080">WEND
@   SIZEEND &quot;WHILE - WEND&quot;

</font>here: <font color="#000080">GOTO </font>here

DisplayResult:
    <font color="#000080">READCODE </font>ADDR, TWOCHAR
    CHAR = TWOCHAR &gt;&gt; 7
        <font color="#000080">IF </font>CHAR =0 <font color="#000080">THEN </font>EndString
        <font color="#000080">HSEROUT</font>[CHAR]
        
    CHAR = TWOCHAR &amp; $7F
        <font color="#000080">IF </font>CHAR = 0 <font color="#000080">THEN </font>EndString
        <font color="#000080">HSEROUT </font>[CHAR]
        
    ADDR=ADDR+1
    <font color="#000080">GOTO </font>DisplayResult

    EndString:
    <font color="#000080">HSEROUT </font>[&quot;: &quot;,<font color="#000080">DEC </font>size,&quot; WORDS, &quot;,<font color="#000080">DEC </font>TMR1, &quot; UsEC&quot;,13,10]
    
    <font color="#000080">RETURN           

</font>

Is it me, or i see some interrogation mark over some head?