Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded From: ded@aplvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.nude Subject: Large arrays on virtual machines Message-ID: <124@aplvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 16:18:17 EDT Article-I.D.: aplvax.124 Posted: Wed Jun 15 16:18:17 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 16:03:47 EDT Lines: 21 I didn't put this in net.unix-wizards because no one would read it... But simply *everyone* reads net.rec.nude. So here goes. Recently some of us have been discussing the philosophical implications of virtual machines, to wit: large arrays vs. files. It all began when someone (well, ok -- me) used very large arrays rather than files to hold some data, based on the philosophy that on a virtual machine they are virtually the same thing. Of course, they are not the same thing, but the question remains: is this a good idea? Of course this is a good idea. An array of size ten is almost always preferable to a file. But when does this become a bad idea, if ever? What are the considerations here? And why are you reading net.nude, you shameless hussy. Thanks, Don Davis ...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded ...rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded