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Importing binary file is toooooo slow...

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg54159] Importing binary file is toooooo slow...
• From: "J. K. Smith" <rob at pi-overe.com>
• Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:57:08 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I'm using v.4.2.1.0 --

I am importing (wrong word?) binary data from a file:

<< Utilities`BinaryFiles`

y = ReadListBinary["filename", SignedInt16, 
ByteOrder->LeastSignificantByteFirst];

The file is only 34k bytes long but it takes 16 seconds to do it. This 
isn't a slow machine so clearly I'm doing something wrong again.

I would appreciate any suggestions on how to make this thing sizzle as I 
feel sure it can.  Right now I'm dead if I have to do a big file.

Thanks

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