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DateMon, 4 Jul 2005 11:28:12 +0100 (BST)
FromHugh Dickins <>
SubjectRe: function ordering (was: Re: [RFC] exit_thread() speedups in x86 process.c)
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 01:30:23PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > > this way we don't need to put a lot of __slow's in the code *and* it's
> > > based on measurements not assumptions, and can be tuned for a specific
> > > situation in addition.
> > 
> > This is reminiscent of "fur", whose source Old SCO opened.
> > Google for SCO fur: amidst all the hits about "fur flying"
> > you might find something useful!
> 
> Was it?  I was at Scaldera back in the days when it was supposed to get
> opensourced, but AFAIK it never actually happened, everyone just talked
> about it.

Look like you're right.  Google shows me an announcement of intent,
and a man page, and an interesting gcc discussion; but no fur source.

Hugh
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