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greggman3 on Jan 20, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil ...

There's no point in "streaming" if you're not using the data as it arrives. That's the entire meaning of "streaming".

geocar on Jan 20, 2021 [–]

What else can you do?

You can't wait for the "central directory" record at the end, because now you've missed everything (you can't stream backwards!)

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