From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2001-03-30T08:16:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:13346] Re: Reading a file backwards

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Daniel Berger wrote:
> > For very, very long lines, though, the program will become slower. I think
> > that replacing i-4096 by i-4096-buf.length can do some good, but it also
> > can do some bad and i don't know how the two would balance. There are of
> > course a lot of other possible improvements.
> By all means, add them.

Okay. I charge 70$/hour for consulting work.

:-)


> What would it take to propose an addition to the API?

A good idea, relevant to said API, and an email to this list.


> Since reading log files is a very common activity,

It is common, but it is not *very* common. Thus it may belong in the RAA,
but not in ruby.tar.gz, if you see what I mean.


matju