/**
 * Duff's Device
 * fast copy algorithm
 * performs 8 times faster on long strings.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char *duffcopy (char *to, char *from, int len)
{
    int n, pos = 0;

    n = (len + 7) / 8;

    switch (len % 8) {
    case 0:
        do {
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
    case 7:
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
    case 6:
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
    case 5:
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
    case 4:
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
    case 3:
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
    case 2:
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
    case 1:
            to[pos] = from[pos];
            pos++;
        } while (--n > 0);
    }

    return to;
}

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
    char *to, *from;
    int len;

    if (argc != 2) {
        printf ("Usage: %s <string>\n", argv[0]);
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    from = argv[1];
    len = strlen (from) + 1;

    if ((to = malloc (len)) == NULL) {
        perror ("MALLOC");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    printf ("DUFF: %s\n", duffcopy (to, from, len));

    if (to != NULL) {
        free (to);
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}