Re: New Project Problems
- Posted by C & K L <candkNOSPAM2ME at TICNET.COM> Oct 01, 1998
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Where do I get doswrap.e? I checked contributions and archives... Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen wrote: > >If you want to read a file REALLY, REALLY fast, you can use doswrap.e: > Correct. For really large files, Jaquesch wrote this neat library: > Instead of having to check for an EOF each time, it will purge the whole > file (or much of it) into a memory cache. And then we have Euphoria convert > it in one pass, instead of many small ones. (because we need to check for an > EOF each time) .. > > Maybe Robert, wants to optimize I/O. In such ways, that EOF the the > while-until-eof-block is completely optimized. Or supply a new > (machine_func) routine that purges a whole file at once. > For EDOM, one third of all time is spent on I/O. > The reason that reading is so much slower, than writing, is because I can > write in one long pass. > And the read speed of files are much more crucial for 99% of the programs. > > Ralf