Somewhere in a tutorial i read that if statement has performance
overheads as code within the if statement cannot take benefit of
pipeling of microprocessor and also that the compiler cannot
agressively optimize that code.

>From that day onwards i have been trying to avoid if statement withing
my functions as much as possible and also try to have minimum code
withing if block.



However, i am bit skeptic about this.


I need some guidance. Performance is always the key issue for me when
it comes to writing programs.

Please guide.