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From: markus@etn-rad.UUCP (Markus Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: dBFast dBaseIII-compatible (MSDOS) compiler for $59
Message-ID: <517@etn-rad.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 88 20:22:14 GMT
Organization: Eaton Inc. IMSD, Westlake Village, CA
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Anyone familiar with the dBase compiler make by dBFast?  I have ordered
it from Programmers Connection (800-336-1166) for a mere $59.  I did a 
little checking myself by calling dBFast directly (800-356-6356) to verify 
that they are for real.  dBFast charges $69 and they acknowledged a critical 
indexing bug exists in their initial release 1.0; they are now shipping 
1.0G instead.  I wanted to insure that they are providing Programmers 
Connection with the latest version and they "assured me" they are.

Please tell me what your experiences with dBFast have been if any.  Is it as 
quick as they say (e.g., 3 times Clipper, 2 times Foxbase+, etc.)?  I 
understand no runtime support is needed as it compiles and links in one 
operation to a single EXE file.

Gosh, with a 30-day money-back guarantee from Programmers Connection and a
60-day money-back guarantee from dBFast, how can I go wrong?  

Please e-mail replies and I will summarize to the net if enough interest is
generated.

P.S. Anyone got first-hand (or second-hand) benchmarks of the dBase IV compiler?

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        Markus N. Richardson
        Research and Development
        Eaton Corporation IMSD
        31717 La Tienda Drive
        Westlake Village, CA 91359
        
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