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| Date | 2012-10-24 03:26 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) |
| From | David Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2737.1351063592.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se> wrote: > On 24-Oct-2012 00:57, Demian Brecht wrote: >>> >>> This is a classic example of why the old external processing algorithms >>> of the 1960s and 70s will never be obsolete. No matter how much memory >>> you have, there will always be times when you want to process more data >>> than you can fit into memory. >> >> >> But surely nobody will *ever* need more than 640k… >> >> Right? >> >> Demian Brecht >> @demianbrecht >> http://demianbrecht.github.com >> >> >> >> > Yes, I can still remember such quotes --- thanks for jogging my memory, > Demian :-) This is only on equipment designed by others, otherwise, you could engineer the hardware yourself to perfom just certain functions for you(RISC), and pass that back to the CISC(from a PCB design). -- Best Regards, David Hutto CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com
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Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) David Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-23 17:50 -0400
Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-23 22:53 +0000
Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-10-23 15:57 -0700
Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) David Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-23 19:34 -0400
Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se> - 2012-10-24 09:17 +0200
Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se> - 2012-10-24 09:19 +0200
Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) David Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-24 03:26 -0400
Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-24 13:56 +0000
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