stdio performance in tango, stdlib, and perl

[Sean Kelly]

torhu wrote:
> torhu wrote:
>> ---
>> /* C test w/malloc and free */
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <stdlib.h>
>>
>> int main() {
>>
>>     char *buf = malloc(1000);
>>     while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin)) {
>>        fputs(buf, stdout);
>>        free(buf);
>>        buf = malloc(1000);
>>     }
>>     free(buf);
>>     return 0;
>> ---
> 
> Whoops, can anyone spot the bug?  When I fixed it, the time it took to 
> run my test went down from about 23 to about 3 seconds.

The fgets(sizeof(buf)) looks like it could affect read performance a tad :-)


Sean