Xref: utzoo comp.databases:2345 comp.sys.ibm.pc:27649 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:2720 Path: utzoo!dptcdc!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!srcsip!nic.MR.NET!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Dbase compilers information Message-ID: <13583@ncoast.ORG> Date: 18 Apr 89 03:35:38 GMT References: <2430@cps3xx.UUCP> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) Followup-To: comp.databases Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh Lines: 24 As quoted from by emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo): +--------------- | Although Foxbase+ is not a strict compiler, it still allows you to | "compile" your DbaseIII language code into a superfast ".FOX" module. | Also, since you are thinking of compiling your code, you MUST be interested | in PERFORMANCE. | It is no secret that Foxbase+ is the fastest gun in the land!! +--------------- It's also no secret that Ashton-Tate's ARCing over about it. (Think about it....) Frankly, I suspect that that lawsuit will benefit Oracle, Informix, the folks who make R:Base, et al. more than it will A-T or Fox; I, for one, would steer clear of both products and anything similar to dBase until the legal shenanigans are concluded. A rewrite now is cheaper than a rewrite later (or a speed loss possibly hitched to a price hike, if A-T wins). Just my opinion, you understand. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@ncoast.org uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu Send comp.sources.misc submissions to comp-sources-misc@ NCoast Public Access UN*X - (216) 781-6201, 300/1200/2400 baud, login: makeuser