Subj : Re: OO compilers and efficiency
To   : comp.programming
From : Rob Thorpe
Date : Fri Jul 22 2005 11:49 am

CBFalconer wrote:
> 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.

It doesn't invalidate this part of Paul's argument.  If you're
programming for the DS9K you can write a loop that iterates over the
block you've allocated setting each to NULL instead of using memset.

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