"What data? I'm surprised you need my help, Brother Chen," said Gu Nianzhi eagerly as she seated herself before Chen Lie's computer. She opened his folder and checked the contents.
"It's all inside that folder. There's just too much data for my usual software to process. Help me write a simple program that will be able to quickly retrieve and analyze the data. My main beef is with the ACCESS command, it's just too slow for my needs." Chen Lie sighed and shook his head as he pointed out what he needed on the computer screen.
Gu Nianzhi quickly skimmed through the data, and came up with an estimate for the size of the file, the amount of computing required, as well as the actual processing power available, amongst other things. She had to estimate all that to determine the best approach to the problem.
