very large dictionary

[Jake Anderson]

Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> Simon Strobl a écrit :
> (snip)
> > I would prefer to be able to use the same type of
>> scripts with data of all sizes, though.
>
> Since computers have a limited RAM, this is to remain a wish. You 
> can't obviously expect to deal with terabytes of data like you do with 
> a 1kb text file.
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You can, you just start off handling the multi GB case and your set.
databases are really easy, I often use them for manipulating pretty 
small amounts of data because its just an easy way to group and join etc.