Linux vs. libio

[Mike Stump]

> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:24:19 -0500 (EST)
> From: Kevin Atkinson <kevinatk@home.com>

> On 21 Dec 1999, Per Bothner wrote:

> Will that extra level of indirection *really* make a diffrence in
> speed I mean IO is something which is fairly slow in the first
> place.

It's always fun to hear from people that gzip is xx% slower when
compiled with the a new gcc, as compared to an older gcc.  Apparently
some programs that lots of people use, do IO, and people expect them
to be fast.

Anyway...