Thanks Thomas, but without the VFP I can't do the comparison. I'm not looking for fastest language, which imo is not so relevant anymore for general applications. I am looking for VFP vs. a couple of major languages.

>Hi Jos,
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>google for Great Computer Language Shootout.
>There is already a lot of code in many languages written to compared -
>only the vfp part is missing.
>Especially some of the older Win32 variations should be easy to do.
>Somewhere must be the search for prime number I once ported to test my take ;-)
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>regards
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>thomas
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