From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2007-09-25T02:44:59+09:00
Subject: Re: I am new to Ruby and I could use some expert advice as to how I can make this code run faster.

On 9/24/07, Ilmari Heikkinen <ilmari.heikkinen@gmail.com> wrote:
...
 > And here's a C version:

To give C its fair due, you might try with

    unsigned long *buf;

and

        buf[i] |= 0x80808080;

(and the other necessary changes, of course).

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