most p2p networks are just a bunch of people sitting at their home PC's all running some software program that creates a "network" between them. usually when a user starts this program they will...

http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/view/1644

check that out.

you can use this code i've written to measure the number of cycles each one takes. however, im already sure that teh 2nd way is faster. also u should always inline any simple assingment functions...