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From: jfjr@mbunix.mitre.org (Freedman)
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Subject: Editing Huge files
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Date: 1 Mar 91 13:34:22 GMT
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  I am interested in buffer management when the files to be
edited are too big to fit in memory - How is this usually
handled? what are the trade offs involved? Advice,
code,pointers into literature, prayers for the success of
all are gratefully accepted.

                       Jerry Freedman,Jr