In article <hukdntbukc2acdnmnz2dnuvz_vqdn...@westnet.com.au>, Neil Hodgson <nhodg...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Low-level string manipulation often deals with blocks larger than > an individual character for speed. Generally 32 or 64-bits at a time > using the CPU or 128 or 256 using the vector unit. Then there may be > entry/exit code to handle initial alignment to a block boundary and > dealing with a smaller than block-size tail.
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