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From: tswift@well.UUCP (Theodore John Swift)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Slow Stack
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Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 16:24:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 16:24:29 1987
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Summary: Have you tried "compact stack"?


>[slow traversal of stack made from network stuff]

I remember seeing someone else having the same problem.  He'd slurped a
bunch of text into a stack from some non-HC source.  He found that the stack
was much reduced in size when he "compacted" it. (This is pure speculation)
Hypercard seems to insert "buffer" cards when it's importing lots of text.
Danny Goodman's book mentions that compacting a stack removes unused or
redundant cards and cleans up links, so it may very well solve the problem.
Let us know what you find.

-ted
p.s. Oh yeah: and record the "before" and "after" sizes when you try "compact".
-- 
Ted Swift (well!tswift)                  "Why is there watermelon there?"
                                             "I'll explain later"
                                          - from "Buckaroo Banzaii"