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Re: Frames & WWW
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fisher Mark)
Tue Nov 15 05:40:19 1994
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 11:20:24 +0100
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From: Fisher Mark <FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com>
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I am struggling right now with reading a record-oriented format (library
MARC records) on a system that *is* record-oriented (VMS) but does not know
about this particular format. My suspicion is that you need in the OS both
the low-level, UNIX-style byte stream file access as well as a higher-level
record-oriented file access format for maximum data access at maximum speed.
A compiled language for record access (like Perl's pack()/unpack() only
much more sophisticated) would be nice too...
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Mark Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN
"Just as you should not underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon
traveling 65 mph filled with 8mm tapes, you should not overestimate
the bandwidth of FTP by mail."
