On Aug 27, 12:43 am, mcl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > Thank you very much. > > As my background is much smaller memory machines than today's giants - > 64k being abigmachine and 640k being gigantic. I get very worried > about crashing machines when copying or editingbigfiles, especially > in a multi-user environment. > > Mr Knuth - that brings back memories. I rememeber implementing some > of his sort routines on a mainframe with 24 tape units and an 8k drum > and almost eliminating one shift per day of computer operator time. > > Thanks again > > Richard
I can imagine ... though I don't go back that far. Cool ... Vasudev -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list