Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:17570 comp.sys.mac.programmer:1415 comp.sys.mac.hypercard:830 comp.databases:1119 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!ll-xn!oberon!pollux.usc.edu!kurtzman From: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.databases Subject: Re: HyperCard performance analysis with large datasets: Some answers Keywords: Better than I expected... Message-ID: <10098@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: 24 Jun 88 22:15:21 GMT References: <5100@dasys1.UUCP> <12772@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 9 >1.2 has speeded up the text-search situation. But in order for it to be >faster, you must do a Compact Stack TWICE on the stack. It will then >search 6 times faster. Wow, I'll bet it really goes fast if compact FOUR times! :-) Seriously, is that 6x figure based on a mathematical analysis of the algorithm or benchmarks. I have noticed the searches are faster, but mine do not seem to be 6 times faster.