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- From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: definition of strncpy stupid?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.014413.10260@netcom.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 01:44:13 GMT
- References: <1992Dec8.181543.15339@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com> <1992Dec9.144743.1863@rti.rti.org> <16298@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>
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- ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
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- >I've seen a "student" Fortran compiler on a slow machine outperform a
- >"professional" optimizing Fortran compiler on a faster machine simply
- >because the "student" compiler compiled FORMAT statements (and it gave
- >better run-tiume diagnostics too, good one Dr Fenwick). The same could
- >be done for C, and it WOULD be done if enough people demanded it with
- >their wallets in their hands.
-
- The trouble is, those who have their hands on the wallets are not the ones
- that know what to demand. This is why a substantial number of software
- products on the market are lacking in quality.
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