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From: blarson@usc-oberon.UUCP (Bob Larson)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: C Builtin Functions
Message-ID: <276@usc-oberon.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Apr-86 08:38:44 EST
Article-I.D.: usc-ober.276
Posted: Tue Apr 15 08:38:44 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Apr-86 08:31:14 EST
References: <2524@brl-smoke.ARPA> <2528@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Reply-To: blarson@usc-oberon.UUCP (Bob Larson)
Organization: USC Computing Services, Los Angeles
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In article <2528@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.ARPA writes:
>In a hosted (ONLY) implementation, some library functions
>are likely to call on other library functions; if you
>redefine library functions yourself, you may well break
>other apparently unrelated library functions.  The only
>relatively safe redefinition would be one with a standard-
>conforming interface, but then why not just use the one
>provided?
>
Perhaps because library authors arn't always perfect, or just for
performance.  (Is your strcmp optimised for 10Mbyte strings?)


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Bob Larson
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