From: ts Date: 2003-04-04T18:37:49+09:00 Subject: Re: Newbie question:read file speed >>>>> "G" == Gavin Sinclair writes: G> And why is such evilness even necessary, given that the C IO libraries G> should already be as fast as possible? If you work directly with the buffer associated with the IO, this can be faster than call to the IO libraries. Guy Decoux