How efficient is std::string compared to null-terminated strings?

Question

I\'ve discovered that std::strings are very slow compared to old-fashioned null-terminated strings, so much slow that they significantly slow down my overall pr

Answer 1

They didn't go wrong. STL implementation is generally speaking better than yours.

I'm sure that you can write something better for a very particular case, but a factor of 2 is too much... you really must be doing something wrong.