stdio performance in tango, stdlib, and perl

[Davidl]

u r working on database?
i have a feeling that SQL ain't really suitable for
databse-related development, any better idea?

> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:11:56 -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For
> Email) wrote:
>
>> I was actually surprised that nobody noticed phobos' low I/O speed in
>> years. It's a maker or breaker for me and many others.
>
> Most programs I run that do lots of I/O only take seconds to run, so if
> they run 50% slower or faster, not only wouldn't I notice, I wouldn't  
> care.
> Taking a sip of coffee takes longer than that.
>
> That is why I haven't noticed. (Maybe I should continue working on my
> mini-DataBase library project and give it a good "real world" workout  
> <G>)
>
> By the way, I do appreciate you doing this performance comparison and
> improving Phobos' I/O routine.
>