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For a conventional CL implementation I don't see the value of the<br>
monolithic fasls, although I suppose there would be some speed-up in<br>
loading.  But I would guess that if that's what you care about, you<br>
would be better off using an image to load.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We use the monolithic fasls a lot, as part of our standard Gendl and GDL build process. The rationale for doing so is outlined here (slightly outdated article, I need to start blogging again!):</div><div><br></div><div>  <a href="http://gendl.blogspot.com/2013/03/saving-images-with-asdf3.html">http://gendl.blogspot.com/2013/03/saving-images-with-asdf3.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div>
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