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From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: text benchmarks ???
Message-ID: <13404@well.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 89 08:56:00 GMT
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In the referenced message, boots@motorboat.WV.TEK.COM (Darrell Boots Irvin) wrote:
}The origional benchmark did its character I/O using putc as shown
}below.  The inner loop using putc is very inefficient.

You're right.  I have a reputation for being moderately bad at optimizing.
Now I have a bigger reputation.

I'll take another look at this benchmark some other time.
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Jef

    Jef Poskanzer  pokey@well.sf.ca.us  {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!pokey
                           "Why me, John Bigboote?"