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From: gast@maui.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast)
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Subject: Re: Unix vs. Mainframe editors
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Date: 21 Mar 91 06:59:41 GMT
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In article <1991Mar20.140959.2939@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> bnrmtl!lewis@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu writes:
>In article <1991Mar19.210035.2232@wrkgrp.COM>, ets@wrkgrp.COM (Edward T
>Spire) writes:

>And I, for one, have always liked XEDIT and think it's certainly a very
>powerful editor (it can sort a file much faster that sort(1) on a Sparc).

Is that a function of the software or the hardware?  The Sparc probably
costs less to buy than the IBM does to rent for a month.  I would expect
that the sparc may not be as fast.

The Unix sort command uses a very quick algorithm.  I have seen
people wait hours (no exaggeration) for PC Word Processor programs to
sort a file that the Unix sort command, running on the *same* computer
can do in a couple seconds.

David