Subject: Question on printf/fputs /usr/share/misc/style
To: None <tech-misc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: David Brownlee <D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk>
List: tech-misc
Date: 07/24/1995 11:31:52
/usr/share/misc/style states:
* Use printf(3), not fputs/puts/putchar/whatever, it's faster and
* usually cleaner, not to mention avoiding stupid bugs.
printf() is faster than fputs()?
Am I missing something here? As far as I know fputs has always
been much faster than printf - it looks to be about two or three
times faster under netbsd.
I can accept that on style grounds printf is preferred (tho I'll
stick with fputs in my own code :), but shouldn't the comment
about be changed to be accurate? :)
David
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