Subj : Arrays
To   : Angus Netfoot
From : U. CraZy Diamond
Date : Sun Jun 27 1999 12:33 am

RE: Arrays
BY: Angus Netfoot to U. CraZy Diamond on Fri Jun 25 1999 09:48 am

>  > Angus made a workaround that actually worked but it was only a workaround
>  > still frustratingly limited.  :(
>  >
>
> Yes, and if I recall it made for a significant performance bottleneck.  It
> involved generating Baja BIN files on-the-fly and then EXEC_BINing them to
> access the data element.  Worked, but was naturally slow due to the multiple
> disk-accesses involved.

Right.  AIIRC it also required an excessive amount of coding.  I remember doing
a few experiments with it and although it worked for the most part it wasn't as
effective as one would hope for.
Pretty clever, tho.  If I can find it d'you mind if I repost it here?


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