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Subject: Re: Table bases - Dr. H

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:47:08 01/29/04

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On January 29, 2004 at 14:44:29, Joseph Merolle wrote:

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>Dr. H
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>Why dont programers make tbs acessible from the CD rather then the hard drive if
>size is the issue? I
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>Regards
>
>Joseph


Because speed is the issue.  :)  CDrom access time (or DVD) is horrible.
Remember that we access these things deep inside the search.  Toss in a few
hundreds of milliseconds and your NPS rate goes from millions to hundreds at
best. :)



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