Re: Raw I/O vs files (was Re: Raw partitions / cooked files)

In a recent append, lparsons@exlog.com (Lee Parsons) writes... >In article <1993Jul29.112058.20676@pyra.co.uk> graeme@uk.pyramid.com (Graeme Sargent) writes: >>In <2506@coyote.UUCP> gainer@slowmo.almaden.ibm.com (P. Gainer) writes: >>>In a recent append, lparsons@exlog.com (Lee Parsons) writes... >>>>Before I get flamed I should say there are cases where going raw is >>>>the thing to do, but those cases are rare and usually in situations >>>>where doing the Right thing is not an option. >> >>I am not convinced by this at all. I feel that the cases where I could >>be persuaded to go cooked (which I think of as the Wrong thing, but >>maybe that's my Informix-oriented heritage) are rare (or unimportant, eg Careful with those attributions. I didn't write the above, Graeme Sargent did. Pat Gainer