Thank you! I will definitely read it.
Right now I am reading files in 5kb sections to EOF and I am reading 350 average size jpg’s in around 4 seconds. I will be doing some processing on the files but that will be done after everything else is as fast as I can get it. JB > On May 16, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > wrote: > > JB wrote: > > > The reason why is because I > > am reading a lot of files and > > was wondering if it would be > > faster to write a external to read > > them. > > LiveCode does offer a few different ways to read and write files, which vary > according by speed and features. And of course there are many ways to work > with the data once it's read in, where usually more time is spent. > > If you find something you're working on that seems like it might be optimized > feel free to post the code and we'll see what we can do. > > FWIW this thread is long but worth reading - the OP had a process that > originally took more than 9 minutes and by the time several forum regulars > helped out with various optimizations the final form took only a few > milliseconds: > <http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24945> > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
