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Re: Implement C11 annex K?
- From: Adhemerval Zanella <azanella at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:43:35 -0300
- Subject: Re: Implement C11 annex K?
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On 15-08-2014 19:24, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> These functions are used in OpenSSL, LibreSSL, OpenSSH, OpenBSD,
> and the Linux kernel at *least*, and probably many others.
> Projects keep re-implementing them, typically less efficiently than a glibc
> implementation would be. There are reasons for this.
Well, from last kernel developers iterations [1], I would say these functions
are also not well-liked in Linux...
[1] https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/1amLbuhWbh5