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From: fatjim at home.com (Jim Meier)
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:25:28 GMT
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Subject: Python too slow for real world
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References: <372068E6.16A4A90@icrf.icnet.uk> <37207685.F29BE1AB@ingr.com> <y0jemlbo26f.fsf@vier.idi.ntnu.no>
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Message-ID: <3720921A.5C1651D8@home.com>
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X-UID: 411
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"Magnus L. Hetland" wrote:
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> Joseph Robertson <jmrober1 at ingr.com> writes:
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> > This way you can create views on your data without actually trying to load it
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> > all. The tradeoff of course is memory for fileaccess time, but I found
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> > fileaccess to be faster than doing all the work 'up front'.
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> Hm. Yes.
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> If the size (in lines) of the records is constant, then you could, of
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> course, use seek to skip all the data while processing as well...
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Of course, if you were really SERIOUS about finishing the project quickly, you
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could ignore "seek" and just skip processing the data at all...
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*shy grin*
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-Jim
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