> That said, I just found a way to make my own version 14-44% faster on
> Pentiums (again, depending on the mbuf layout), but unfortunately it's
> slightly slower on 486s, much slower on 386s, and probably about the
> same on P6s (but I don't have any P6s to test on).  I suppose I could
> include multiple routines and use a function pointer, or something.
> Gag.

I vote for making it work best with new technology, but other would argue
that it is the Pentium that does not need the spped up :)

regards,
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