As the article demonstrated, performance of memove libraries is dependent on the size of memory copied and the hardware. Therefore it is both a software and hardware function. This post was simply put out here as something that might be of use. It is Ok if it is of no interest. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Lane Sent: 07 July 2016 18:02 To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx>; FarjadFarid(ChkNet) <farjad.farid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Fastest memmove in C Stephen Frost <sfrost@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > While I agree with this, I'm trying to figure out why this isn't being > incorporated into glibc instead..? Indeed --- it seems far more useful to integrate this sort of work at the libc level than to ask applications to support their own replacements for libc routines. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general