Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:35:18 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: 32bit memcpy function? _NEW_ Tried FPU memcpy (problem with CWSDPMI)
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On 30 Nov 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> NICE... anyone want to consider replacing the default memcpy with this
> feller? (Of course, to avoid it running 50000% SLOWER on FPU-less machines
> you might want to make the regular one be used instead if the FPU isn't
> found. :-))

If I remember correctly, this was discussed before.  The conclusion was 
that it depends on the CPU, and on balance, it isn't worth the hassle.

Try searching the DJGPP mail archives for the relevant messages.