C Builtin Functions

[Bob Larson]

In article <2528 at brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn at brl.ARPA writes:
>In a hosted (ONLY) implementation, some library functions
>are likely to call on other library functions; if you
>redefine library functions yourself, you may well break
>other apparently unrelated library functions.  The only
>relatively safe redefinition would be one with a standard-
>conforming interface, but then why not just use the one
>provided?
>
Perhaps because library authors arn't always perfect, or just for
performance.  (Is your strcmp optimised for 10Mbyte strings?)


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Bob Larson
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