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      To: Erick Branderhorst <Erick.Branderhorst@asml.nl>
      Subject: Re: flex input buffer
      In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:53:46 PST.
      Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 21:03:37 PST
      From: Vern Paxson <vern>
      
      > In the flex.skl file the size of the default input buffers is set.  Can you
      > explain why this size is set and why it is such a high number.
      
      It's large to optimize performance when scanning large files.  You can
      safely make it a lot lower if needed.
      
      		Vern