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- From: vincer@iaccess.za (Vince Risi)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: 8 Feb 1996 06:52:43 +0200
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- In article <4f6mi5$qts@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, rneal@ibm.net (R. Neal) wrote:
- > In some benchmarks I have done, VB and Delph are roughly equivalent in speed
- > for counting in a loop.
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- This reminds me of a Goon Show gag.
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- MB. How far is it to Paris?
- NS. Roughly 3 miles.
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- MB. How far is it exactly?
- NS. 4 Miles.
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- MB. Then we will go roughly.
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- PS. GUI speed is roughly the same for 16Bit, 32Bit, C++, Delphi and
- VB. (but VB is a totally yucky language, with lousy syntax holes)
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- Vince
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