RE: program/file data structure

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:58:56 -0500
>From: John P Carr <jpcarr@tredegar.com>
>...
>Barb said:
>>Some figures:
>>Calling a program with a full-length PSDS and one with no PSDS
>>(just doing a seton LR) 100,000 times:
>>- with full PSDS: 21 seconds
>>- with no PSDS: 4 seconds
>>Barbara Morris
>
>Barb,   So what does that come out to for 1 interactive call?
>1/4762  +/-  of a second?
>
>Do you think my user would notice?

No.  That's why I also said this:

>But please don't worry too much about this.  This difference is
>somewhat spectacular, but it's basically insignificant since the time
>taken to do 100,000 calls is "fast enough".  It's just one consideration
>- -if- you have a performance-sensitive program that ends with LR on, and
>- -if- you don't need some of the expensive fields in the PSDS.

Barbara (not Barb (ackk spllltt))


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