From: prino@onetel.com   
      
   "Glenn Someone"  wrote   
   in message news:c4opl053738vtsgkdd0vg58o3lqsftk5m7@4ax.com...   
   > Granted, but let me explain a little bit about sorting files off of   
   > disk.  Maybe that will allow a little understanding of why I'm   
   > wanting   
   > more memory for this application (sort any file of any size and   
   > description based on configuration input).  Because in this case it   
   > IS   
   > as you say, totally random.   
      
      
      
   If I need a sort for files of unlimited size (OK, less than 2G), I   
   would download RPSRT102.ZIP, a DOS(!) program by the late Robert Pirko   
   dating back to 1991. It comes with full source and I once tried it on   
   an 90MHz P1 NT box with 64Mb comparing it to M$ SORT. I eventually   
   zapped the latter after more than hour as it was just eating CPU   
   without actually producing anything. (RPSORT finished in 15 minutes or   
   so)   
      
   Also, your plan to merge just two files at a time is rather silly as   
   others have already mentioned, the two high-performance commercial   
   offerings I've used a lot, SyncSort and DFSort can merge 32 files in a   
   single pass...   
      
   Robert   
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   Robert AH Prins   
   prino at onetel dot com   
      
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