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Fastest way to write string on Windows?

What would be the absolute fastest possible way to write a string to the standard/console output on Windows? I'm interested in the solution for both null- and non-null-terminated strings. ...

What's the fastest way to save data and read it next time in a IPhone App ?

I have the following problem: In my dictionary IPhone app I need to save an array of strings which actually contains about 125.000 distinct words; this transforms in aprox. 3.2Mb of data. The first time I run the app I get this data from an SQLite db. As it takes ages for this query to run, I need to save the data somehow, to read it fa...

Fastest hash function(ASP.NET) for hashing filenames

I'm trying to optimize my ASP.NET thumbnailing script, so it doesn't resize all the images all the time, and one part of the problem is choosing the hash function for the thumbnail naming/checking procedure. Is crc32 up to the task - I'm asking cause the input data is small(only relative path, size and date)? ...

Fastest database?

I am looking for fastest free key-value pair database available. Database doesn't have to be server-based, it can be linked into the application. I am aware of Tokyo Cabinet. Any other suggestions? ...

fastest way to read/write to sql server - large dataset

I have about 60Million records in database and have to process all of them. So the idea is to use c# code to read data, process it and then put it back in the db. Data doesn't come and go to the same table - multiple tables are involved. I want to see what's the best to go about doing that? Should I read 100K records at a time in dat...

Fastest integer type for common architectures

The stdint.h header lacks an int_fastest_t and uint_fastest_t to correspond with the {,u}int_fastX_t types. For instances where the width of the integer type does not matter, how does one pick the integer type that allows processing the greatest quantity of bits with the least penalty to performance? For example, if one was searching for...