"filia&sofia" <in_tyrannos@hotmail.com> writes:

> Let's put it this way, I'm trying to read n-bit numbers from a file.
> I'm looking for "fast" ways to do this.
>
> P.S. What's fast? I consider data compression programs such as THOR
> and QuickLZ fast in compressing data.

Since when did compression come into it?

You are providing no information. "Fast" is a relative thing. If you
have ideas about "fast" then you must have ideas about what isn't fast.

"Run fast" is something just about every program should aim to do - not
thinking about that has led to the incredible bloatware which infests
platforms today and ensures that PCs which are 1000 times faster than 20
years ago open a Word Processor in the same time as opposed to in a
blink of an eye.

Most C programmers use C because they have an eye on efficiency in terms
of CPU and memory usage IMO.