Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OT] fputc vs putc Re: horrible disk thorughput on itanium | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 08 Dec 2001 18:33:38 -0700 |
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Tom Vier <tmv5@home.com> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 01:03:16PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > They do it also for putc() if you haven't defined the appropriate > > defines. > > what exactly is the difference between putc() and fputc()? the man page is > very vague.
fputc is a function putc is a macro because the overhead of a function call in writing a character has always been a problem...
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