Creating huge data in very less time.

Grant Edwards invalid at invalid
Thu Apr 2 10:33:03 EDT 2009


On 2009-04-02, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid> wrote:
>
>>On 2009-03-31, Dave Angel <davea at ieee.org> wrote:
>>
>>> They were added in NTFS, in the Windows 2000 timeframe, to my
>>> recollection.
>>
>>NTFS was added in NT 3.1 (which predates Win2K by 7-8 years).
>
> Although that's true, you didn't read his sentence.

I read it, but interpreted it differently.  To me that phrase
"X was added in NTFS" means X was added when NTFS was added.

> Sparse file support was not added to NTFS until Windows 2000,
> exactly as he said.

Now that you've explained what was meant, I would have written
it "They were added to NTFS in the Windows 2000 timeframe."

-- 
Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow! Well, O.K.
                                  at               I'll compromise with my
                               visi.com            principles because of
                                                   EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR!



More information about the Python-list mailing list