> uses half the memory this is false > two orders of magnitude faster incorrect > doesn't let your users DOS you by triggering huge file reads on each reque

> uses half the memory this is false > two orders of magnitude faster incorrect > doesn't let your users DOS you by triggering huge file reads on each request. I understood what you were trying to do on your first reply – "Prolly don't want to read the file on every request though" – no need to repeat yourself. plese remember: 1. it's pseudo code, the optimisation is superfluous 2. it never ran, the optimisation is useless