> > But why do you read char by Char? Why not > > > > read(f, line); > > result := result + line;
> In my next post I will send you some links to the archives which discussed > some of > this if I can find them. http://www.mail-archive.com/fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org/msg04686.html After trying Vincent's suggestion I did not see noticeable improvement. On the large MB file I tried, my computer locks up doing string concentration. Actually, it doesn't lock up.. it just takes several hours to complete. Lars p.s. sorry DarekM if I'm stealing your post. But maybe some of this is related to the benchmarks if there is any concatenation in any of the benchmarks _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
