igncr vs text mode mounts, performance vs compatibility

[Dave Korn]

On 25 October 2006 04:30, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:


> I'm just curious here: *Why* do you (or anybody else) want bash to not
> ignore \r's 


  Having a "senior moment", Gary?  The answer's exactly the same as last time
you posted this question: because of the enormous commercial
possibilities^W^W[*] performance gains obtained by not having to read the
entire file a single byte at a time.


    cheers,
      DaveK
[*] - http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/sheep.htm
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