Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.038 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'memory.': 0.05; 'url:github': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; ':-)': 0.13; '24,': 0.16; 'oct': 0.16; 'received:209.85.216.53': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; '>>>': 0.18; 'memory': 0.18; 'otherwise,': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'example': 0.23; 'external': 0.24; 'pass': 0.25; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; '---': 0.26; 'fit': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'have,': 0.27; 'skip:@ 10': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'could': 0.32; 'certain': 0.33; 'quotes': 0.33; 'right?': 0.33; 'surely': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'subject: (': 0.36; 'why': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'received:209.85.216': 0.37; 'data': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'subject:-': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'matter': 0.61; 'equipment': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'times': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'yourself': 0.77; 'subject:Fast': 0.84; 'subject:read': 0.84; 'subject:write': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WJUja9piM6jPK1uvCcA1igFEHOZLjvbb7txEDXviYJE=; b=BmEMEfoAKA7rvm2CAo2dNpuEsNcvx3ffbairuXgMK1b+a3SScwfbPE/xhz7PDRhVSW Xdry6B5jc8OIK0tq/RbWSfDa6DFjbiE0u4NJCZZoWH90D76h0WziqWZqwn1RtH2CDwq0 A54YIBQ4IFep46rK+JaqzsR31ocKXMdnjgSEs2T3sEGP/dxVjJGtboH6TsOQn+r8njTl PpqB30ngPv2KA2cXVp2EEJpRAiboPaR2/+NwgCmhEq5cXhntV3ehbc70aDZRNJG/MJWp 7PySev4I0eUCWt1oO9jJFPb1EMERlTcKTKJxaPPL2wLv6hX2xJsPnBexAvkxOmQUEJOq txAA== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <508795F1.4030206@it.uu.se> References: <5086AA35.4000509@it.uu.se> <50871ff6$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <724DDA67-8B4F-4E12-A359-85E3AC3B37EA@gmail.com> <508795F1.4030206@it.uu.se> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:26:30 -0400 Subject: Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read) From: David Hutto To: Virgil Stokes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1351063592 news.xs4all.nl 6892 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33424 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:32014 On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Virgil Stokes 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=85 >> >> 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). --=20 Best Regards, David Hutto CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com