Making the HTTPd run 20% faster with qrintf-gcc; a sprintf-optimizing compiler

Very interesting, that printf has that big impact on execution of standard programs. Printf is very powerful (and one of the reasons for the success of C -- for example when you compare it with the standard library existing in Modula 2 or (old) standard Pascal), but that power also comes with a cost.<p>It would be interesting, how the situation is in C++ with its newer stream based output, that is more based on compiler support (as much I know). Does anybody have experiences with it?

1. nothing generic is as fast as making your own custom solution<p>2. a lot of libc is lowest common denominator &#x2F; tons of bloat. printf&#x2F;sprintf probably does extra locale, multibyte charset, and thread locking shit you don&#x27;t want.