Duff's Device – The C Speed Hack From 1983

2 pointsposted 10 hours ago
by bananamogul

2 Comments

gruntled-worker

10 hours ago

The Wikipedia version is simplified, but it bears mentioning that as written, it's going to be slower than the trivial version for most N's on 1983 compilers and systems. Fixed:

   register n = (count + 7) >> 3;
   switch (count - (n << 3))

JohnFen

9 hours ago

I love Duff's Device. I used it to great effect back in the day, and still use it from time to time in my personal projects, just for old time's sake,