hi, this is a surprise for me that in gcc a 16 cell array compared cell by cell such as
1. if (a[1]==b[1] && a[2]==b[2] && ..... a[16]==b[16]) .... is **faster** than 2. memcmp(a,b,16) !!!! a program that does about 20! (factorial) checks like this gives these times... 1.23 seconds for if statements 1.76 seconds for memcmp !! is this normal? i did read about memcmp performance issues of gcc in old pentiums (though mine is an athlon) but are they "so" slow? secondly, i thought "if" were the slowest things ever in the c language !! any comments..!? p.s: mine is a gentoo compiled from stage1, so i guess the pentiumII issue shouldnt be there ... just a guess! robins _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
