Calling a subroutine does not have a major performance hit. Having all
of your IO going through the same IO subroutines has tremendous
benefits that outweigh that negligible cost in terms of performance
degradation. In other words, you could not have been more wrong.. etc.
And as for the "vaguely insulting" jibe - pots and kettles.

On Apr 18, 5:20 pm, Jim Idle <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mike Preece wrote:I'd just like to wrap this up, so that no one is under any 
> miscromprehension... Jim: I hate to think of the performance overhead of 
> calling asubroutine every time you want to do a single READ :-( Q: Was it a 
> serious concern - or a wind up? Jim: techno babble without conviction...I do 
> not write things without conviction. If you cannot understand the explanation 
> then either defer to them or shut up, don't write vaguely insulting emails 
> for which you have neither the technical nor grammatical skills.Jim: (On 
> another subject, and used back at ya): This could not be more incorrect.What 
> are you talking about?Jim: (On another subject, and used right back at ya): I 
> am sorry but this is utter rubbish.I assure you it is not.Jim... Please 
> observe additional posting guidelines... no posting when pissed.Shurely shome 
> mishtake? I that that this was meant to be directed at yourself right?
> Jim

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