Re: Sorting large file

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 04:19 PM 10/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > At 02:11 PM 10/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Folks,
> > >
> > >I have a sequential file of 10,000,000 80-character text records.
> > >How do I sort the file the most efficiently?
> > You could copy it to a file that it one giant key.  I would suggest a
> > mother @#$%er system with a lot of main storage and disk arms.
> >
>
>Anything better? That solution will take a long time...
>
>COBOL experts on the list? SORT verb in COBOL?


Agreed, but a system index runs as close to the metal as you can get.  I 
don't think that any HLL will outperform it.

Al





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