From: utzoo!decvax!cca!jfw.mit-ccc@Mit-Mc@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: csv versus csav
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4356
Posted: Tue Nov 23 23:13:39 1982
Received: Thu Nov 25 07:44:57 1982

Date: 22 Nov 1982 12:56:48-EST
I must admit that I am confused about the new csav routines.  It is claimed
that csav is faster than csv, but when I do the time computation (using
the timing listed in the PDP 11/45 Processor Handbook), I get:
routine	CORE	MOS	Bipolar
CSV	10.88	6.30	4.80
CSAV	12.36	6.75	4.95
Is this merely perversity of the 11/45?

Also, I am not sure of what problem csav fixes.  As near as I can tell,
they seem to be equally susceptible to being gunched by a signal.
--John Woods
jfw@mit-ccc@mit-mc