[C++] C++11 Signature Scanning

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Originally Posted by Carbon

I think both your implementations are still not perfect. Think about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyer%E2%80%93Moore_string_search_algorithm
or at least
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyer%E2%80%93Moore%E2%80%93Horspool_algorithm
This algorithm is even more efficient for byte search. Skip as many bytes as possible...

Yeah there is a lot of room for improvement. My method was more aimed towards making use of C++11 features (to try them out and such) as well as being more maintainable as well as async which I needed for my project that I use it in.

Implementing Boyer Moore will definitely be a bit faster though.

Comparing my FindPattern to the original posted above, mine sees a lot of improvement when the data being scanned within is large and the number of scans being done is high. For low amounts of scanning and where async is not required, then the original will tend to outperform mine.

Overall it really depends on some specific factors:
- The data size being scanned within.
- The number of patterns being looked for.
- Threading; is it required or not, (along with thread-safety).
- Hardware can land up playing a roll as well etc.

Another implementation that could make use of different hardware would be a GPU implementation, which could also have a handful of speed benefits depending on similar factors above.