[Macluawn]

Most of these optimizations are too minute to make a big a noticeable impact. Removing 2 machine code instructions just isnt worth it. If one cares about performance - pawn isnt the language of choice.

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Originally Posted by Yashas Avoid creating your functions when there is a native which can do it (or maybe using a combination of natives).

It entirely depends on the natives implementation and your use case. Say you wanted to find a substring, you would probably use strfind. The native uses a linear algorithm, but it can be done much faster with, say, kmp with the cost of a little more pre-calculation.