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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch |
| Date | 2012-01-04 20:36 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <je2uqv$85d$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <je2jb2$886$1@speranza.aioe.org> <je2tiv$2j2$1@dont-email.me> <20120104172059.667@kylheku.com> |
On 1/4/2012 8:25 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 2012-01-05, Eric Sosman<esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:
>> [...]
>> I've mentioned an old friend's metaphor more than once, but
>> I think it applies rather strongly here: You're cleaning the bottle
>> caps and cigarette butts off the beach, to make the sand nice and
>> neat around the whale carcases.
>
> That little beauty doesn't apply that well; if you keep using it, you will soon
> wear a hole right through!
I've also used one about waxing your car to improve fuel economy:
Does it help by making the car slipperier, or hurt by increasing the
weight, and how do these effects compare to those of the underinflated
tires, the empty boat trailer dragging along behind, and the driver's
lamentable fondness for jackrabbit starts?
> Here, we may have a case of borrowing a motorcycle for the last 50 meters
> of a marathon.
Nice! I'll add it to the repertoire, if you don't mind/
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-04 22:46 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-05 11:47 +1300
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-04 20:15 -0500
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-05 01:25 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-04 20:36 -0500
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-05 06:02 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-05 01:25 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com> - 2012-01-04 17:57 -0800
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch gordonb.vj0cm@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2012-01-04 23:54 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-04 23:25 -0800
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-04 23:38 -0800
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-01-05 13:47 -0700
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-01-05 21:29 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2012-01-06 06:44 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-06 11:41 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-06 18:33 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-01-06 21:41 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-06 16:08 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-06 22:35 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-06 17:00 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-06 23:44 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-06 17:08 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-06 23:49 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-01-07 00:55 +0100
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-07 00:07 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch "christian.bau" <christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-07 06:14 -0800
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-07 14:44 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-07 14:37 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-07 20:42 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-07 16:47 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-08 01:49 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-08 08:35 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-01-07 17:02 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-06 21:29 +0000
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-06 17:15 -0600
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch Michael Angelo Ravera <maravera@prodigy.net> - 2012-01-06 23:00 -0800
Re: Function pointer vs conditional branch jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-01-07 21:04 +0000
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