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From: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
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Subject: Re: Efficiency is important
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Date: 15 Jun 89 00:50:53 GMT
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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 89 00:59:41 EST
> From: ray@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Ray Moody)

> +   /* Added Wed Jun 14 00:53:21 EST 1989 by Ray Moody */
> +   /* We call setlinebuf () so that the readline package does not use
> +      one (expensive) write () system call for each character it prints. */
> +   setlinebuf(stderr);

This needs to be conditionalized on BSD or something.  The system V
method is to call setvbuf(stderr, buf, _IOLBF, sizeof buf).  We get to
supply the buffer.  I've no idea who releases that buffer, but I guess
we needn't worry about it.
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