if vs ?: - (nf)

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iuvax!apratt    Feb 15 00:44:00 1984

In reading through the Lattice C manual, I came across the note that the
compiler detects and discards statements like
	i+j;
which have no side effects. This brings to mind the fact that any expression
is a legal statement. With that in mind, can anybody tell me the likely
difference between
	if ( i )
		j++;
	else
		k++;

and

	i ? j++ : k++ ;

...?  Surely there will be differences in the compiled code.. Can somebody
tell me what they are likely to be?

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