Writing huge Sets() to disk

[Paul Rubin]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:
> handle with builtin Python operations without putting some thought
> into algorithms and data structures.  From "ribosome" I'm guessing
> you're doing computational biology.  If you're going to be writing
> code for these kinds of problems on a regular basis, you probably
> ought to read a book or two on the topic.  "CLRS" is a good choice:
> 
>   http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~clr/
>   http://mitpress.mit.edu/algorithms/

Correction to unclarity: I meant a book on the topic of algorithms and
data structures (e.g. CLRS).  Since you're presumably already a
biologist, I wouldn't presume to suggest that you read a book on
biology ;-).