Re: [Summary-Talk] Summary Speed

[Jason Linhart <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/17/04 1:01 PM John May (jmaymailing@pointinspace.com) wrote:
>>On 1/17/04 11:55 AM John May (jmaymailing@pointinspace.com) wrote:
>>
>>>If there was a way to just make this a built-in function, maybe it
>>>could keep speed the same while having the functionality to see the
>>>stats Summary-wide?
>>
>>You can't get something for nothing, if you want the reports you need to
>>take the time. Because not everyone wants to take that time, or the
>>associated memory usage, a report on everything is configurable, instead
>>of built in.
>
>So there's no way to just have summary keep a log of everything, 
>instead of matching "everything"?  I would think that the first, 
>since it doesn't actually have to "match" per se would consume 
>considerably less time?

It doesn't matter how you slice it, my previous answer still applies. You 
can't get something for nothing, if you want the reports you need to take 
the time.

Jason

-----------------
Jason@Summary.Net
-----------------
Dr. Seuss books . . . can be read and enjoyed on several levels. For
example, 'One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish' can be deconstructed
as a searing indictment of the narrow-minded binary counting system.
  -- Peter van der Linden, Expert C Programming, Deep C Secrets
-------------
Go to <http://summary.net/list.html> to update subscription info.