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From: sel@vega.hut.fi (Sami El-Mahgary)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: What is missing in Paradox 3.5
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Date: 22 Apr 91 10:17:03 GMT
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I think Paradox is already a powerful and robust DBMS and has
a great programming language, PAL. Like any
software it does have a few defiencies:

- slow search speed for large tables (LOCATE command)
- query optimization is weak
- selecting a multitable form can be slow (PICKFORM command)

Put simply, I think speed is what needs to be enhanced the most. If
Borland can do that they can look forward to greatly increasing their market
share. Compilers, colors, & Windows support are nice, but raw speed is
what most users are after.

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