>Something tells me that the same speed can be obtain in VFP, if not better... :)

Yes maybe, and I admit that I don't know all the factors that could have influence the speed of each. However, there is something that I failed to include in my initial post is that vfp was running on LOCAL hard drive, the c++ builder ran on a network drive - if this means anything.

But again, the time of development is shorter in VFP, given all things equal.

Just something to think about.