>>>I think VFPA is permanently under development, so you can simply talk to the guy and explain to him how wrong is it to have it faster without mdot. I'm convinced that the power of your proof will make him see the error in his ways.
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>>Ah. I see. Not a friend as I thought. Thanks for the revelation. Good riddance.
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>No you don't see anything. You claim your passion is science, and evangelize it to the point where you forget how relevant is this. Just calculate the total time the twenty-some of us have spent reading and writing in your crappy coder threads, and compare that with the cumulative time wasted on not using mdot where it would shaved off some milliseconds.
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>It's not that I'm saying the mdotted code is slower - it isn't (except perhaps in VFPA). It's that the speed gained is minuscule compared with the time we have wasted on these threads. And that in most scenarios these speed gains, even with possible confusion with field names (which should and can be avoided by naming schemes, rigorously using different ones for variables and fields), are small compared to the time wasted on discussing the subject.
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>Sure, 0,00000034 seconds is twice 0,00000017 seconds. They're both laughably small compared to whole seconds, not to mention something like six or twelve hours a week (my rough estimate to the time we have wasted on these threads).

You're not even looking at the code that matters, which is the part where a cursor is involved. If you don't want to use mdot, fine. No one should be attacking me for speaking facts, as that washout Walter does. Had he let off long ago, since it supposedly does not affect him in his fantasy world, so be it. I have the right to an educated opinion with evidence and the right not to be harassed over it.
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>But if belief in the supreme importance of mdot over everything else is required, then okay, consider me under anathema... I was never a believer anyway.

The problem is not my evangelizing. The problem is that some humans are so stupid they will ignore data just for their preferences. Regardless of miniscule or not, I do not deserve that butthead Walter's constant attacks because I point out FACTS. I and others choose to use mdot but according to Walter washout, we're all WRONG. I asked him to layoff and he refused. This will continue until he goes to hell.

Those who ask why there is mdot in code or where it can be used have the right to hear facts, and not just someone's stupid opinion.

Mdot is proven faster, how significant does not change the fact it is faster. Here's a little piece of code from Fred Taylor

https://microsoft.public.fox.vfp.queries-sql.narkive.com/H9hd3mrs/readwrite-cursors

He uses mdots in case someone has a field called cn. If you are unaffected by mdot, then why bother me? I am not a flatheaded flatearther anti-vaxxer, like some around here.