SQLite is 35% Faster Than The Filesystem (2017)

Re:SQLite is 35% Faster Than The Filesystem (2017) by tyingq on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:09PM (#27897883)

I think that's warts in the file explorer more so than warts in the system itself.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:SQLite is 35% Faster Than The Filesystem (2017) by logifail on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:39PM (#27898261)

> warts in the file explorer more so than warts in the system itself

I'm struggling to understand why one shouldn't treat the behaviour of explorer.exe as simply part of the Windows system.

Are there third-party explorer.exe alternatives available?

If so, during Windows install, where do I click to _not_ install the MSFT explorer.exe and instead select one of the better alternatives?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:SQLite is 35% Faster Than The Filesystem (2017) by tyingq on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:00PM (#27898513)

I'm not excusing it, I'm just saying where the performance issue is. Filesystem ops are reasonably fast if you use the command line, do it programmatically, etc. With the caveat that Windows Defender can slow things down.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:SQLite is 35% Faster Than The Filesystem (2017) by edoceo on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:45PM (#27898339)

The last time I really used Windows (Win2k) there were alternative WinShell options.

You'd set a regkey to your program. There used to be a 3.1 style Program Manager - I miss that one

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:SQLite is 35% Faster Than The Filesystem (2017) by jjoonathan on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:12PM (#27898670)

Is "you can't delete a file if anything has it open" an explorer thing? I thought that was an OS thing.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:SQLite is 35% Faster Than The Filesystem (2017) by tyingq on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @05:52PM (#27899857)

That's an OS thing, but "wait forever while it grinds, finds one of those, and bails half finished" isn't.

[ Parent | on HN ]