On 31/07/2019 03:02, boB Stepp wrote:
> preceding scores plus the current one. If the data in the file
> somehow got mangled, it would be an extraordinary coincidence for
> every row to yield a correct total score if that total score was
> recalculated from the corrupted data.
True but the likel
On 31/7/19 2:21 am, boB Stepp wrote:
I have been using various iterations of a solitaire scorekeeper
program to explore different programming thoughts. In my latest
musings I am wondering about -- in general -- whether it is best to
store calculated data values in a file and reload these values,
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 7:26 PM Mats Wichmann wrote:
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> On 7/30/19 5:58 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> > On 30/07/2019 17:21, boB Stepp wrote:
> >
> >> musings I am wondering about -- in general -- whether it is best to
> >> store calculated data values in a file and reload these values, or
>
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 7:05 PM Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
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> On 30/07/2019 18:20, boB Stepp wrote:
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> > What is the likelihood of file storage corruption? I have a vague
> > sense that in earlier days of computing this was more likely to
> > happen, but nowadays? Storing and recalculating do
On 7/30/19 5:58 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 30/07/2019 17:21, boB Stepp wrote:
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>> musings I am wondering about -- in general -- whether it is best to
>> store calculated data values in a file and reload these values, or
>> whether to recalculate such data upon each new run of a program.
On 30/07/2019 18:20, boB Stepp wrote:
> What is the likelihood of file storage corruption? I have a vague
> sense that in earlier days of computing this was more likely to
> happen, but nowadays? Storing and recalculating does act as a good
> data integrity check of the file data.
No it doesn't
On 30/07/2019 17:21, boB Stepp wrote:
> musings I am wondering about -- in general -- whether it is best to
> store calculated data values in a file and reload these values, or
> whether to recalculate such data upon each new run of a program.
It depends on the use case.
For example a long run
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 12:05 PM Zachary Ware
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> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 11:24 AM boB Stepp wrote:
> > In this trivial example I cannot imagine there is any realistic
> > difference between the two approaches, but I am trying to generalize
> > my thoughts for potentially much more expensi
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 11:24 AM boB Stepp wrote:
> In this trivial example I cannot imagine there is any realistic
> difference between the two approaches, but I am trying to generalize
> my thoughts for potentially much more expensive calculations, very
> large data sets, and what is the likelih
I have been using various iterations of a solitaire scorekeeper
program to explore different programming thoughts. In my latest
musings I am wondering about -- in general -- whether it is best to
store calculated data values in a file and reload these values, or
whether to recalculate such data up
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