On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Daniel Koepke wrote: >As for I/O stuff, that wasn't my code, it was the person's that I was >replying to. And if I recall, the person made it clear that it's >better to do stuff in memory rather than through I/O system calls (can >we say, "duh," class?). And for processors like the Alpha which has a huge memory/cpu bus speed disparity, you want to make intelligent use of your memory... (Not that most people try to optimize a MUD that far...) -- George Greer - Me@Null.net | Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity http://www.van.ml.org/~greerga | is not thus handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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