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List:       taglib-devel
Subject:    Re: speed on windows
From:       Sebastian Pipping <webmaster () hartwork ! org>
Date:       2006-07-26 0:03:50
Message-ID: 44C6B166.6080908 () hartwork ! org
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Michael Tharp wrote:
>> Just to be clear, I really don't intend to let the code base diverge 
>> where not we're not facing real compatibility issues.  (Just as I 
>> wouldn't add hack arounds for a super-fast BSD API.)
> I agree - it's not very often that you scan thousands of files at once, 
> and if you are, you're probably expecting a bit of a wait. If you can 
> get the load times down without diverging from cross-compatible methods, 
> great, otherwise it isn't really worth the change.

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that the user expects an operation to take some time is
in no way a justification to not try to speed it up.
especially when an application does not allow the user
do other things while a lengthy operation is running.


sebastian


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