Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!bu-cs!mds From: mds@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Michael Siegel) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: comp.databases Summary: Did you ever run Paradox as part your comparison Message-ID: <30427@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 29 Apr 89 17:13:41 GMT References: <1762@muvms1.bitnet> <46@mdi386.UUCP> Distribution: to Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci. Lines: 37 > naly written in dBASEIII, the differences for execution of one main module > is as follows: > item language mach time > 1. dBASEIII 10mhz286 3min15sec > 2. dBASEIII+ 10mhz286 3min05sec > 3. FoxBase 1.0 10mhz286 2min07sec > 4. Clipper W87 10mhz286 0min57sec > 5. dBASEIV 10mhz286 5min27sec > 6. Clipper W87 4.7mhz88 2min45sec > This explains why I feel the way I do. This code will be moved from the > current base of Novell LAN systems to Multi-User UNIX under Foxbase+. > By the way, we were unable to sucessfully run the application under dBASEIV > on the lan, because the file locking problems caused delays that made the > system unusable. Clipper is our vehicle of choice for LANs and PC-DOS. We > have NOT moved to the latest version of Clipper for our biggest systems becasue > of the problems with memory usage. We used the NO-LINK software to avoid the > problem, but found the result not as fast as Foxbase, which in effect does > the same thing. > When Ashton Tate finally gets it right, it will be a good usable product, > but that time isn't yet..... > bruce > -- > ========================================================================= > Bruce A. McIntyre, McIntyre Designs, Inc. VOICE(215)322-1895 > 143 Bridgetown Pike, Langhorne, Pa. 19047 DATA (215)357-2915 > {wells|prapc2}!mdi386!bruce Do you have any feeling about application development time for these products. I have been developing systems in Paradox since it came out in 1985. Before that I worked with the dbase products. I am very please with the application development environment in Paradox. I think the query optimizer and thus performance may be slow in some instances, though probably not in comparison with dbase. Well just fishing for a reason to believe there is a better product. If you feel like taking the hook I would appreciate your comments. ---Michael (mds@bu-cs.bu.edu)