Subj : long lines in a file
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Bj”rn Felten
Date : Sat Dec 17 2005 05:11 pm

 MP>> repeat   blockread(f,buf,2048);   s = copy(buf,1,255);
 MP>> ansi_write_line(s); until eof(f);

 SD> That sounds good and a lot faster than my suggestion. :)

   I think it sounds really bad. Whenever a blockread of 2048 is performed the 
file pointer is moved 2048 ahead, meaning that his procedure will read only 255 
bytes out of every 2048 batch. A nice way to reduce a big text file by almost 
90%, but probably not what was intended.

   No, I think he'll be better off with one of the procedures I've published in 
the SWAG. I don't remember right now the exact name of it, but I'm sure it can 
be easily found. Should anyone be really interested, I can dig it up and give 
the proper link to it...

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