On Tuesday, 27 July 2021, at 2:56 AM, Ethan Gardener wrote:
> For completeness, one specific case not mentioned is opening a huge file. For
> each file you open, Sam creates and initializes a temporary file several
> times larger. If you open a gigabyte-size file, the initialization takes a
> while. This may have been optimized away in 9front, but I don't know if they
> ever saw a need to. It's more of an issue in Acme. For instance, working with
> virtual machine files, I used to accidentally click on ISO or HD images
> instead of tiny Qemu launcher scripts and Acme would freeze for minutes.
This is helpful to know. Thanks.
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