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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: The File System Cache Slows Down File Operations
Message-ID: <11568@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 18 Dec 90 20:23:32 GMT
References: <1990Dec18.011129.6432@efi.com>
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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In article <1990Dec18.011129.6432@efi.com> tim@efi.com (Tim Maroney) writes:

>the compiles go slower!"  This is a true and remarkable fact, but it's
>solely because the FS cache uses a sequential search algorithm that
>degrades severely for any cache greater than 64K or 128K.  There has

I heard that this was caused by a bug, rather than a dumb algorithm, and
that it has been fixed in System 7.

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