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iLoopCount = Math.floor(iIterations / 8);

while (iLoopCount--) {

[execute statement]

}

The purpose of this algorithm is to account for all the

extra

iterations that must be done (that won’t be

included when the number of iterations is divided by 8) in the first loop. It then continues on into the

second loop to iterate through the multiples of 8 remaining. Applying this algorithm to the previous

example, you get the following:

var iIterations = aValues.length;

var iLoopCount = iIterations % 8;

var iSum = 0;

var i = 0;

while (iLoopCount--) {

iSum += aValues[i++];

}

iLoopCount = Math.floor(iIterations / 8);

while (iLoopCount--) {

iSum += aValues[i++];

}

Once again, a few variables are added to make the example work, but it has the same result as the origi-

nal Duff’s Device port.

Whether to use an algorithm such as Duff’s Device is entirely up to you. You must weigh the cost of

adding extra bytes (increasing download time) against the speed optimization that doing so provides.

Yes, this algorithm can be optimized even further by switching the two

while

loops to

do..while

loops. However, this wasn’t included in Greenburg’s original algorithm.

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