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Re: C language paradox

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On 28-Feb-12 16:38, James Kuyper wrote:
> In principle, printf() has to do a lot more work than puts(), even if
> only to figure out that the format string it's been given doesn't
> require it to do anything special.

... unless the compiler is smart enough to recognize that case and
substitute a call to puts() instead.  GCC, for instance, has been doing
that for ages.

S

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  Re: C language paradox Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-02-28 21:41 +0000
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  Re: C language paradox Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-02-28 16:51 -0500
  Re: C language paradox Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-02-28 22:16 +0000
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      Re: C language paradox James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-29 07:18 -0500
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    Re: C language paradox Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-02-28 18:52 -0600
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