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[Jeff K:]

I promised myself not to touch this language debate anymore, but
:byte *t1,t2;
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:...
:for (i=0;i&lt;length;i++) *t1++ = *t2++;
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:or something simialr?
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:Such array walkign is MUCh faster then array access with [], but yould
:never guess that unless you understood what C is doing.

Any C compiler optimizer worth its salt will turn the [] form into the
pointer form. And perhaps even into a 'memcpy' call for your example.

That's a *lot* harder to do in C++ if you have redefined '[]', however!

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Chris Gray   cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA

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<LI><strong><A NAME="00757" HREF="msg00757.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 08:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00759" HREF="msg00759.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 09:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00758" HREF="msg00758.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 08:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00772" HREF="msg00772.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 15:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00779" HREF="msg00779.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 00:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00780" HREF="msg00780.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 00:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00778" HREF="msg00778.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 00:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00797" HREF="msg00797.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 05:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00856" HREF="msg00856.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Wed 28 May 1997, 01:24 GMT
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