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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:35:37 -0700
From: RB <aoz.syn@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: parallel sort of text files under Windows

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 08:48:46AM -0700, RB wrote:
>> This is actually a huge win with nearly any modern size of memory.
>
> Of course, but at sizes below 2 GB "unique" is always faster than sort
> (when using one CPU core).

Of course, my intent wasn't comparing 'sort' and 'unique' at all, it
was more just a general comment on use of coreutils sort.


>> -S and --parallel are some of my best friends.
>
> Out of these two, -S makes a lot more difference than --parallel.
> (Of course, you can use both.)

Agreed.

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