Hallo Paul


 MK>>>> [..] fix file size of 62228 bytes. This is near by the size of
 MK>>>> the one 64k memory segment a COM file can allocate.
 PQ>>> Yes, that must be it!  I'll have to use LMOD a little more then.
 MK>> LMOD is also a COM file. Where is it's limit?  ;)

 PQ> I have already run a couple of prelimary tests and it performs
 PQ> beautifully.  In fact, it is the basis for the very fast extraction
 PQ> of even the Zone 2 segment from the nodelist: about 6.000 (6,000
 PQ> U.S. format) lines in 1 or 2 seconds (on this 500Mhz PC).  Oh, by
 PQ> the way, the author says there is no limit to the file size.

If Horst said i believe them.  ;)

 MK>> I change to GAWK for all jobs on larger text files. It is fast and
 MK>> the only limit is my brain.

 PQ> Uh oh, that sort of thing (using GAWK -or- my brain) is way too hard
 PQ> for me.  :)

Not 'or', brain is the limit of using AWK well.  ;)


Micha

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