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This may sound like a dumb question, but can someone tell me how C  
compilers do pointer arithmetic?  In particular, consider an integer array
	p[0], p[1], ... , p[n]
whose entry p[k] we might access using *(p + k).  I imagine the typical  
compiler would multiply the size of an integer by k, add the result to p,  
and then report the integer located at that address.  Now for my question:  
Do most compilers use plain ol' multiplication or do they use bit-shift  
operators.  Also, does the answer depend on the type of the array p?

Many thanks,
	-Dan
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