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Article #278Re: Complexity of reallocating storage (was users command crap)
From: Ozan Yigit
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 15:44
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 15:44
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In article <15325:Jan2903:19:4991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: >Any single-pass ``users'' has to either use quadratic time or be a rude >abuser of resources. I think *unnecessary* multiple passes on disk files could best be described as "a rude abuse of resource". >Why not use two passes and be done with it? To rephrase: ... you are using poor programming techniques. No program should make multiple passes over a disk file when it could accomplish its task with a single pass with hardly any effort on the programmer's part. oz
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!yunexus!oz From: oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Complexity of reallocating storage (was users command crap) Message-ID: <21548@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Date: 31 Jan 91 15:44:34 GMT References: <22870@well.sf.ca.us> <22311:Jan2502:34:1191@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <6662@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <15325:Jan2903:19:4991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Sender: news@yunexus.YorkU.CA Organization: York U. Communications Research & Development Lines: 16