6 Apr
2009
6 Apr
'09
9:58 p.m.
At 12:48 PM 4/6/2009, Paul Koning wrote:
Some of this stuff still makes sense. You still need
external sort to
sort really large data files, and algorithms that access the external
files sequentially are still winners even with disk files.
As routine files are measured in gigabytes or larger, hard drives
seem more like tape drives. It takes a while to move things.
- John