Re: [MacPerl] file size limit

[schinder@pobox.com]

On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 09:05:13AM -0600, george rosenberg wrote:
} i would like to work on files with ~ 100,000-250,000 characters.
} 
} these files are too large for macperl.

What do you mean by "work on"?  You can't use the built in MacPerl
editor on files that size, any more than you can use SimpleText on
them (but why would you want to, anyway).  You can certainly "work on"
(use them as data) files that size or even larger with Perl scripts.
You can use any Mac text editor that handles large files, like Alpha
or BBEdit, to work on large Perl scripts.
 
} is there a way to work around this problem?
} 
} what is the file size limit for macperl?

It's limited only by the amount of memory you have, and you can
certainly work on a piece of a file at a time.  It's not common to
actually need an entire file in memory.  There's a roughly 32 k limit
on the built in MacPerl text editor, so you can't view files large
than this with MacPerl's editor.  You can certainly run them if
they're Perl or use them as data for a Perl script.

} 
} thanks
} 

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Paul Schinder
schinder@pobox.com

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