BL>   I don't understand why fread() is faster than getc(). How do they

 BL> get the file data into the buffer? Don't you have to move it one

 BL> character at a time?



yes, but getc() does it with a call to a C function for *each*

character, instead of reading a bunch of chars with just one

function call.



I learned this the hard way with output - it's a lot faster to

write a whole string to the screen than it is to write the string

one char at a time.



Cheers



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