I must be a dummy. I read it -- I entered the University of Waterloo in 1976. And, I NEVER understood the bennies of readahead. To me, there is no major difference in the coding.
- Ted MacNEIL [email protected] Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:36:02 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all Pity Michael Jackson seems to have not made it to the mighty USA. His seminal 1975 work which I cut my teeth on handles this without all the silly convolutions. It has been rediscovered, oh joy! http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/read-ahead-and-python-generators/ The brilliant but simple read ahead. The flowchart is to blame. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:41 AM, Ed Finnell <[email protected]> wrote: > "But Dad it takes so long to get a can down that tiny little hole." > > > In a message dated 2/18/2013 8:09:01 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > so if that comes on, you've got bigger trouble than being a quart low. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
