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

From: Kevin Heifner (heifner_k_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-08 20:07:11

Aljaz wrote:
> Whats the 'proper' way to read files to memory? How do text editors do this? 
> They load the same file in 4 seconds!
> I need a fastest way to read about 10 000 lines from text file at once..

Not exactly relevant, but a co-worker of mine wrote some blog 
entries about the performance of writing files and a bit about 
reading.  For reading, the main point was that you can read a 
unfragmented file much faster than a fragmented one.

http://justin-michel.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_blogpart=blogview&_c=BlogPart&partqs=cat%3dCode%2bPerformance

KevinH
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