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Date:      Wed, 29 May 1996 10:11:48 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        proff@suburbia.net (Julian Assange)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: memcpy/strcpy optimisation
Message-ID:  <199605290041.KAA04170@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199605281900.FAA10527@suburbia.net> from "Julian Assange" at May 29, 96 05:00:30 am

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Julian Assange stands accused of saying:
> 
> 
> Has anyone had a look at http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/~laik/benchmarks/paper/talk.ps?
> 
> It details a method to increase bus performence on pentiums u.. when using strcpy/memcpy
> around 5 times.

Do you read -hackers, or just offer drive-by advice?

(FYR, the technique they describe doesn't work in a 'real' environment, and
several people _are_ working actively on coming up with a solution that
_does_.  Go read the -hackers and -current archives and search for 'bcopy')

> --Proff

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