[Python-Dev] Re: Another approach for the import mechanism

Fredrik Lundh fredrik@pythonware.com
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 15:29:12 +0100


Bob Kline wrote:

> > Basically, disk space is cheap ...
>=20
> True in many contexts, but not all.  And the differences in =
compression
> ratios between zip and bzipped tar can be surprisingly significant.

tried doing random access in a bzipped tar file?

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