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- From: mobergru@oslonett.no (Rune Moberg)
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- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 19:28:03 +0100
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- In article <3126DBB2.5209@magna.com.au>,
- John Osborne <josborne@magna.com.au> wrote:
- >The compiled .vs. interpreted debate is partially bogus. Even in
-
- "partially"? :-)
-
- >compiled languages, on a PC or a mainframe, as soon as ones code enters
- >a runtime library routine, you are -probably- off into
- >interpretation-land.
-
- You came up with *one* example. Have any more?
-
- >library is compiled, as is the ChartFX component in Delphi, or the
-
- (ChartFX happens to be a VBX, not that it matters much)
-
- >When using VB or other -statement based- interpreted languages, where
- >most people suffer a performance hit is doing things like writing their
- >own INSTR function -within- VB. Each p-code statement has to be
-
- Or if they e.g. write their own sorting routines... My 486DX-33 running
- a Delphi implementation of a shell sorting routine would easily beat
- a Pentium-100 running a VB implementation...
-
- I.e. if you're doing anything in VB, you *must* know a second language
- (C or Pascal), while with Delphi everything can be done in the same
- language/IDE. Much more effective, maintainable, etc.
-
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