There's also the best-case scenario where you have already loaded multiple [coll]s or where you do some offset, so you don't need to access the disk any more.
Or if part of the RAM is used as a virtual HD.
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From: Pd-list pd-list-bounces@lists.iem.at on behalf of Matt Barber brbrofsvl@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 1:52 AM To: Derek Kwan Cc: pd-list@lists.iem.at Subject: Re: [PD] [coll] bug
There's always a worst-case scenario for a system call blocking on loading even a small file that would involve dropouts. Nothing is guaranteed when you read from disk.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 7:14 PM, Derek Kwan <derek.x.kwan@gmail.commailto:derek.x.kwan@gmail.com> wrote:
Lots of thoughts here, but little time. Here are the salient points to me:
- The best analogy to this in Pd is [soundfiler]. [soundfiler] stops the
world in order to load the file, which routinely causes dropouts. This is a constant source of disappointment and frustration to students especially if.....................