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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
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: <12772@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 Jun 88 17:21:48 GMT
References: <5100@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <5100@dasys1.UUCP> alexis@dasys1.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) writes:
>5) I used version 1.0.1 for these tests. It is known to be much slower than
>version 1.2 et al.  Nevertheless, I don't think that there is any performance
>difference between the two, in this text-search situation.
>seconds. For serious database work on the Mac, there is only one choice...

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.

Dan Allen
Apple Computer