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Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security?
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:26:06 +0000 (GMT)
RAS> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:18:45 -0500 RAS> From: Richard A Steenbergen RAS> Possibly that bounds checking is an incredible cpu suck, If you check before each byte. Checking for sufficient space first ("is there room for a 245-byte string?") is much faster. Besides, looking at all the bloated code using indirect function calls[*] and crappy code using poor algorithms... is speed really a concern? [*] Try profiling indirect function calls on x86, especially newer cores. Such instructions carry a stiff penalty... but there's no shortage of virtual functions in certain software. (Think: OWL and MFC libraries.) Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist () brics com> To: blacklist () brics com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist () brics com>, or you are likely to be blocked.
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- Bell Labs or Microsoft security?, (continued)
- Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Sean Donelan (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Richard A Steenbergen (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Richard A Steenbergen (Jan 29)
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- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Mathew Lodge (Jan 29)
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- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Mathew Lodge (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? E.B. Dreger (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? E.B. Dreger (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Richard A Steenbergen (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? E.B. Dreger (Jan 29)
- Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security? Florian Weimer (Jan 29)
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