very large dictionary

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Simon Strobl a écrit :
(snip)

> I would prefer to be able to use the same type of
scripts with data of all sizes, though.

Since computers have a limited RAM, this is to remain a wish. You can't
obviously expect to deal with terabytes of data like you do with a 1kb
text file.

 

[Jake Anderson]

Simon Strobl a écrit :
(snip)

Since computers have a limited RAM, this is to remain a wish. You
can't obviously expect to deal with terabytes of data like you do with
a 1kb text file.

You can, you just start off handling the multi GB case and your set.
databases are really easy, I often use them for manipulating pretty
small amounts of data because its just an easy way to group and join etc.