/********************************************************************************
* File:			Step6.c
* 
* Description:	This microbenchmark answers the question:
*				Is there a local component that uses at least n bits of local history? 
*				(if previous experiments detected a global component)
*
* Date:			April 2002
* 
* Author:		M.Milenkovic - milena@computer.org
**********************************************************************************/

#define LSpy 4	/* pattern length */

void main(void) 
{ 
   int long unsigned	i;					/* loop index */
   int					a;					/* variable with conditional assignment*/
   int long unsigned	liter = 10000000;	/* number of iterations */
  
   for (i=0; i<liter; ++i){
      
      /* 2*(L-1) dummy branches */
	   
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;
	  if (i<0) a=1;

	  /* spy bracnh */

	  if ((i%LSpy)==0) a=0;
  }
}