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> This is a classic example of why the old external processing =
algorithms=20
> of the 1960s and 70s will never be obsolete. No matter how much memory=20=

> you have, there will always be times when you want to process more =
data=20
> than you can fit into memory.


But surely nobody will *ever* need more than 640k=85

Right?

Demian Brecht
@demianbrecht
http://demianbrecht.github.com