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From: jk@cs.man.ac.uk (John Kewley ICL)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: strcmp
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Date: 14 Jun 91 15:07:08 GMT
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Are there any  examples of source code for strcmp, I need to implement code for
a large variety of types in the style of strcmp and
would like to see what has been done before.

I know this seems like a simple school exercise, but I would like to see various
implementations.

e.g.

	intcmp : 
		((a>b)+(a>=b))-1
	or
		(a>=b>?(a>b):-1

	How much quicker is the second one likely to be? It also seems "nicer"
as well, adding two boolean values is not very "nice".

--
        J.K.
 
John M. Kewley, ICL, Wenlock Way, West Gorton, Manchester. M12 5DR
Tel:   (+44) 61 223 1301 X2138  Email: jk@cs.man.ac.uk / jk@nw.stl.stc.co.uk