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Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read)

Subject Re: Fast forward-backward (write-read)
From Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com>
Date 2012-10-23 15:57 -0700
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> 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



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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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