On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Beast wrote: > I have prototype that should parse big log files (680MB) converted > into nice GUI apps. It's not nice if the machine totaly freeze during > testing. (linux 512MB/2GB swap).
Are you trying to read the whole file in at once, or are you trying to read through it using data as you walk along? Hint: the latter approach can be far more memory efficient. There are OS tricks that can help accomodate a misbehaving program, but they rarely work as well as reconsidering algorithms in that program. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
