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From: andrew@stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew Macpherson)
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Subject: Re: Priority etc.
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Date: 1 Feb 91 13:20:46 GMT
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In the referenced article pwo%sunrise@ztivax.siemens.com (Peter W Osel) writes:
| 	Why not use the library functions strcasecmp(3) and strncasecmp(3).
| As far as I understand, these functions will migrate into the standard C
| libraries of all machines (at least I got them on my SUN :-).  Aren't there
| public domain implementations too?  I think these functions would be faster than
| istrcmp and strnicmp ...
| --
| Peter W. Osel			Internet:	pwo%sunrise@ztivax.siemens.com

While I agree in principle, both of these functions are in libresolv rather
than libc on SunOS, BSD4.3, SysVr4, and these string functions are provided
as part of the package.

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