On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:40 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > How often do you deal with large data sets? > > What is a 'large data set'? I often see this term but not very sure > what it means...
Any data that fills up your RAM is "large". For example, gqview uses *gobs* of memory trying to open an 80MB TIFF file. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Why do we have to hide from the police, Daddy?" "Because we use vi, son. They use emacs." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
