Re: Question of speed - Flat file DBMS

2005-03-06 Thread William Park
I.V. Aprameya Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I have to implement a flat file dbms. The basic condition is that > relations will be given in files and i will have to run certain select > project join queries on those relations. > > Can someone tell me as to which language will be faste

Re: Question of speed - Flat file DBMS

2005-03-06 Thread Ian Parker
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I.V. Aprameya Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes OK, i forgot to mention this. The speed is a critical issue because there will be a competition and whosever solution is faster wins the prize. Hence will a python solution be as fast as a C++ solution?? aprameya On 4 Mar

Re: Question of speed - Flat file DBMS

2005-03-05 Thread Michael Hoffman
I.V. Aprameya Rao wrote: The speed is a critical issue because there will be a competition and whosever solution is faster wins the prize. Hence will a python solution be as fast as a C++ solution?? It depends how good you are at programming in each language. If you are an expert C++ programmer y

Re: Question of speed - Flat file DBMS

2005-03-05 Thread I.V. Aprameya Rao
OK, i forgot to mention this. The speed is a critical issue because there will be a competition and whosever solution is faster wins the prize. Hence will a python solution be as fast as a C++ solution?? aprameya On 4 Mar 2005, John Machin wrote: > > I.V. Aprameya Rao wrote: > > Hi > > > > I

Re: Question of speed - Flat file DBMS

2005-03-04 Thread John Machin
I.V. Aprameya Rao wrote: > Hi > > I have to implement a flat file dbms. The basic condition is that > relations will be given in files and i will have to run certain select > project join queries on those relations. > > Can someone tell me as to which language will be faster, python or C++?? Fast

Question of speed - Flat file DBMS

2005-03-04 Thread I.V. Aprameya Rao
Hi I have to implement a flat file dbms. The basic condition is that relations will be given in files and i will have to run certain select project join queries on those relations. Can someone tell me as to which language will be faster, python or C++?? Aprameya -- http://mail.python.org/ma