Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!haven!uvaarpa!hudson!vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU!pmy From: pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU (Pete Yadlowsky) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: File handling tips Message-ID: <1270@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> Date: 24 Mar 89 21:24:59 GMT References: <8903241905.AA06041@jade.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@hudson.acc.virginia.edu Reply-To: pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU.acc.Virginia.EDU (Pete Yadlowsky) Distribution: na Organization: University of Virginia, Charlottesville Lines: 17 In article <8903241905.AA06041@jade.berkeley.edu> Forth Interest Group International List writes: >--it [ Blazin' Forth ]is comprehensive and very fast. >The disk is accessed by blocks rather than files-- A bit off the original topic, but the traditional block file system is something I've always wondered about. I can't imagine why, today, anyone would prefer numbered, fixed-record 'screens' over conventional named files. This is not a flame, I'm just very curious. Would some of you in the block camp care to comment on this? I'd especially like to hear from those who have used both systems. - Pete Peter M. Yadlowsky | "Pay no attention to that man Academic Computing Center | behind the curtain!" University of Virginia | pmy@Virginia.EDU |