- Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> Jul 13, 2004
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Irv wrote: > The fact is, Kat asked because she was trying to get some work done > using Euphoria. Others here proved that the problem was with Windows. > I mentioned 4 alternatives which would work for Kat, one of which was Linux. > If that upsets you so much, you probably shouldn't be reading this list. > > Irv OK, so maybe I shouldn't post when I'm in a grumpy mood but the problem is not with Windows per se, but is with the FAT file system. FAT is a quarter century old and was designed well before Windows and hard drives. Sure it's been patched to support large HD's but still has many limitations. So for the type of data mining and file storage that Kat is dealing with, I would simply get away from FAT... -- Brian