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Re: Re: what's this loo code? (*slurp*)by jmcnamara (Monsignor) |
on Feb 04, 2003 at 23:58 UTC ( [id://232684]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
But I wanted to mention my first impression when I saw that code in jmcnamara's node: "Oh, that takes way too much memory and will fail for files that don't fit within your available swap space". I hope you realise that I was aware of that. :-) This snippet's only real value is as a mild curiosity. When I first posted it here I wrote: "There are many ways of doing this and most of them are better". If I really wanted a line count I would use one of the following in this order of preference: -- John.
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