Re: [Boost-users] iostream large file - performance

From: Hermann Rodrigues (hermann.rodrigues_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-08 10:10:03

> [Nat] A good text editor might *not* read the entire file. It probably
> reads enough to display the first page, plus another couple of
> bufferloads to anticipate you scrolling forward. From then on, it
> probably reads more on demand.

And a good text editor probably reads the file as a binary file (using
the read() method or something like that).

-- 
Hermann O. Rodrigues