Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!AlexK
From: AlexK@tharr.UUCP (Alex Kiernan)
Newsgroups: alt.sources
Subject: Re: Fast strcmp() wanted.
Message-ID: <1055@tharr.UUCP>
Date: 1 Oct 90 10:38:53 GMT
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Reply-To: AlexK@tharr.UUCP (Alex Kiernan)
Organization: Power Microsystems Ltd
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>  If the test of the first character saves a procedure call, then no
>matter how good the compiler is it will be faster not to do the call.

The Lattice C compiler uses a builtin strcmp, as mandated by ANSI, so often it
can generate great code, taking advantage of all sorts of alignment/length
knowledge. BTW this the LC 68000 code generator, I don't know about other 
platforms. 

Alex K.                                                               
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