[Info-vax] READ and WRITE vs. SEARCH/OUTPUT

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
wrote:

> Some tests indicate that SEARCH is much faster.  Can one depend on this
> always being the case?

1. If you try the comparison on a VAX, you are probably looking at SEARCH 
being many times faster than DCL.

2. Empirical testing I did back in VAX days suggested that given 
sufficient memory SEARCH uses larger buffers than, say, a COBOL 
executable.

-- 
Paul Sture