Challenge: write a really really small front() for UTF8

[Iain Buclaw]

On 25 March 2014 00:04, Daniel N <ufo at orbiting.us> wrote:
> On Monday, 24 March 2014 at 12:21:55 UTC, Daniel N wrote:
>>
>> I'm currently too busy to submit a complete solution, but please feel free
>> to use my idea if you think it sounds promising.
>
>
> I now managed to dig up my old C source... but I'm still blocked by dmd not
> accepting the 'pext' instruction...
>
> 1) I know my solution is not directly comparable to the rest in this
> thread(for many reasons).
> 2) It's of course trivial to add a fast path for ascii... if desired.
> 3) It throws safety and standards out the window.
>


4) It's tied to one piece of hardware.

No Thankee.