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From: aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBASE IV again - a reply to a response
Message-ID: <9520@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 17 Jul 89 13:49:44 GMT
References: <9467@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <154@dbase.UUCP>
Reply-To: aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes)
Organization: Old Dominion University; Norfolk, Virginia USA
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In article <154@dbase.UUCP> awd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas) writes:
>I should learn to IGNORE people who capitalize words rather than provide
>SPECIFIC CRITICISMS that can be refuted or confirmed, and who conveniently
>ignore tips on how to avoid annoying screen animation...  But I can't
>resist:
>
>In article <9467@xanth.cs.odu.edu>, aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes) writes:
>> Can you tell me this - can you name ONE IMPROVEMENT IV made over III+????
>>     ---{john hayes}  Old Dominion University; Norfolk, Virginia USA
>>                      internet: aiko@cs.odu.edu
>>                      Home: (804) 622-8348     Work: (804) 460-2241 ext 134  
>
>A file that dBASE III PLUS takes 55 seconds to LIST takes only 22 seconds
>in dBASE IV.  That's ONE IMPROVEMENT.  I could go on, of course.
>
>/alastair/



BIG DEAL.  Who wants to list files to the screen so they fly past without
being read?  If you look at useful processing tasks - such as simple BROWSE
operations - IV takes about TWICE AS LONG as III+.
-- 
    ---{john hayes}  Old Dominion University; Norfolk, Virginia USA
                     internet: aiko@cs.odu.edu
                     Home: (804) 622-8348     Work: (804) 460-2241 ext 134  

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