Fastest file reading in C

Question

Right now I am using fread() to read a file, but in other language fread() is inefficient i\'v been told. Is this the same in C? If so, how would faster file reading be done

Answer 1

I'm thinking of the read system call.

Keep in mind that fread is a wrapper for 'read'.

On the other hand fread has an internal buffer, so 'read' may be faster but i think 'fread' will be more efficient.