Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/24/17:36:52
In article <m0vc9ep-000S1pC AT natacha DOT inti DOT edu DOT ar>, "Salvador Eduardo
Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT edu DOT ar> writes
>Depends on the CPU, for 486 memcpy is very very fast (copies double
>words even if the data isn't aligned), may be in a Pentium simple
>instructions (not rep movXX) can be executed faster, but if the speed
>of memcpy isn't enough for you think about buying a faster machine.
On a P5 its important that the destination is DWORD aligned, the source
is less important.
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