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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: How does gcc (any compiler) actually convert a function call, say atoi(), into assembly/machine code?
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:08:48 -0800
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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> Maybe you already knew enough to type in the right search terms. Doing 
> something like "c atoi function source" didn't give anything useful on 
> the first page.

I just tried that exact search.  5 of the 10 results on the first page
included (attempted) implementations of atoi() -- most of them
incorrect.  Is that what you meant when you said the results weren't
useful?

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