Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mgweed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!we13!mgweed!rjk From: rjk@mgweed.UUCP (Randy King) Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Re: Fix for "Not contributor" - USG strchr Message-ID: <7799@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 21:37:26 EST Article-I.D.: mgweed.7799 Posted: Thu Mar 15 21:37:26 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 07:41:06 EST References: <263@apollo.uucp> Organization: AT&T Consumer Products - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 9 One possible reason for changing the BSD string index functions into the USG string functions is that items in string(3) like strchr, strcmp, etc. are implemented in hardware on the AT&T processors. Calling one of these functions traps to some microcode instructions and is obviously faster. Randy King AT&T/CP-MG ihnp4!mgweed!rjk