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posted by LaminatorX on Saturday March 15 2014, @11:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the premature-optimization-is-the-root-of-all-evil dept.

Subsentient writes:

"I've been writing C for quite some time, but I never followed good conventions I'm afraid, and I never payed much attention to the optimization tricks of the higher C programmers. Sure, I use const when I can, I use the pointer methods for manual string copying, I even use register for all the good that does with modern compilers, but now, I'm trying to write a C-string handling library for personal use, but I need speed, and I really don't want to use inline ASM. So, I am wondering, what would other Soylenters do to write efficient, pure, standards-compliant C?"

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by jones_supa on Sunday March 16 2014, @05:43AM

    by jones_supa (554) on Sunday March 16 2014, @05:43AM (#17135)

    I read a book by John Abrash (worked for Id Software) and it had a lot interesting things about how he beat the standard library--with assembly.

    Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book.

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