Re: Fastest memmove in C

As the article demonstrated, performance of memove libraries is dependent on
the size of memory copied and the hardware. Therefore it is both a software
and hardware function.

This post was simply put out here as something that might be of use. It is
Ok if it is of no interest.

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From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: 07 July 2016 18:02
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>; FarjadFarid(ChkNet)
<farjad(dot)farid(at)checknetworks(dot)com>; Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>;
PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Fastest memmove in C

Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> While I agree with this, I'm trying to figure out why this isn't being
> incorporated into glibc instead..?

Indeed --- it seems far more useful to integrate this sort of work at the
libc level than to ask applications to support their own replacements for
libc routines.

regards, tom lane

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