>>I've come across some real VFP resource hogs (some of my own making) but that was usually a function of the design, not the language.
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>And I'm in the middle of trying to figure out how to speed up some incredibly sluggish SQL Server code. It's slow enough that the user perceives the app as hung.
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>You can write bad code in any language.
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That is true.

Post your code and I bet someone can spruce it up.