Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/09/11:26:24
On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Mariano Alvarez Fernández wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > One thing that v2.02 changes is the way buffered file I/O works.
> > v2.02 adapts itself better to the specific use of buffered I/O
> > functions (sequential vs. random access), which should show in
> > programs that seek into files a lot. Perhaps your program is one of
> > those?
>
> Yes I seek a lot, the data-bases are shared in a LAN, I can't pre-read
> because any body can update it, I use lock files as semaphores.
> Obviously the new algorithm works great for me :-)
Seeking a lot over a network was precisely the case where the improved
buffering should give you the greatest boost. I'd expect at least
twofold performance gain in these cases, with the v2.02 library.
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