in reply to Re^3: slurped scalar map
in thread slurped scalar map
In principle I agree, except on one important detail.
How can the OS buffer multiple small seek/read operations as effectively as when it is doing a single seek to start-of-file and performing a large sequential read of the entire content?
On Unix systems the readahead buffer is continuously increased with logic something like "ok you're still reading sequentially - let me double the readahead buffer when doing the next read".
Niel
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