So I know that the FastCode project pretty much stopped with the introduction to Delphi of Unicode, but is anyone using any string libraries with XE? Or is it all just so superb that no add-ons are needed?
Yes.. of course if you need a high performance write that in assembly.. i wrote once the Pos function which supported optional case insensitivity ņd worked 10*N times faster then standard one (not in asm that time..)
Bill Meyer Yes, in some cases. But frequently using another algorithm solve the performance problem. When speed matters, for example when writing a parser, I prefer to use the good old method of having pointers to parse the strings and almost never move string data around. I hate haing to resort to assembly code to get faster code because on the long term it causes a lot of problems.
François Piette Performance is always a concern; string manipulations are, in some cases, a factor.
ReplyDeleteYes.. of course if you need a high performance write that in assembly.. i wrote once the Pos function which supported optional case insensitivity ņd worked 10*N times faster then standard one (not in asm that time..)
ReplyDeleteBill Meyer Yes, in some cases. But frequently using another algorithm solve the performance problem. When speed matters, for example when writing a parser, I prefer to use the good old method of having pointers to parse the strings and almost never move string data around. I hate haing to resort to assembly code to get faster code because on the long term it causes a lot of problems.
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