From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-04-04T17:18:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question:read file speed


"Greg Brondo" <greg@brondo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:weZia.3906$2x2.1766565@dca1-nnrp1.news.algx.net...
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > out of curiosity, could you test the attached Java class and tell us
> > whether it behaves differently than the one you provided?  Thanks!

> Robert, tried the new Java class.  Speed up read by about 4 seconds.

So this is an improvement from 8.6 secs or from 16.76 secs?

> BTW -- thanks all for answering my question.  Here's my reason for
> asking in the first place:  I really like the promise and application of
> Ruby so I'm trying to begin using it more and more in my daily work.
> I'm a Python hack (and a Java Hack as well) but I really like the
> cleaness and builtin regex that Ruby provides.

Yes, that's true.

> Anyway, I'm going to run some more tests now with the same dataset
> without writing to the screen to see what I get.  I'll post the results
> soon.

.... including the original or the modified Java class?

    robert