Re: Program very slow

2000-01-17 Thread Stas Bekman
> An Englishman asked an Irishman for directions to a place some > distance away. The Irishman replied, "T'be sure, if oi was going > there, oi wouldn't start from here!". > > This *is* a bit off-topic, but the guy needs help. Ged, this is a wonderful thing that you do. But, if you help someon

Re: Program very slow

2000-01-16 Thread Kader Ben
Thanks for whose replied especially James, Steven and Haywood, Regarding your suggestions I rewrote my program. Now it's running much faster. Ben --- "G.W. Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > An Englishman asked an Irishman for directions to a > place some > distance away. T

Re: Program very slow

2000-01-16 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, An Englishman asked an Irishman for directions to a place some distance away. The Irishman replied, "T'be sure, if oi was going there, oi wouldn't start from here!". This *is* a bit off-topic, but the guy needs help. Press `D' if you're bored already. On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Kader Ben w

Program very slow

2000-01-16 Thread Kader Ben
Greetings to all, I am new in this list. My problem is slighty off topic but I think you are perl gurus. I have the following code fragment. I want to check if @rec contains the string "Unknown" but when I do so the program is very very slow (this process 6M file into @rec array). Is there a