Subj : Re: OO compilers and efficiency
To   : comp.programming
From : CBFalconer
Date : Fri Jul 22 2005 06:02 pm

websnarf@gmail.com wrote:
> 
.... snip ...
> 
> A comparable implementation in C can just malloc big blocks of
> pointers and set them all to NULL in a single for-loop or memset
> or whatever.

It certainly can't use memset for the purpose, since all bits zero
need not describe NULL.  That is a beginners elementary error.  I
would also suspect whatever.

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