How big are your tables?

How heavy are your calculations?

Do not forget that FoxPro doesn't have a native compiler. C/C++ are real compilers. And compiled code is always faster than interpreted code.

After all, FoxPro is written in C... :)

Vlad

>Hello !
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>We have developed a VFP5 program called the Factory Commander that gathers data about a manufacturing process and produces reports indicating production results.
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>The calculation phase of this program takes about ten times longer than our competitors who use C and Smalltalk. We have about 15 related tables and use SCAN/SEEK and SQL Selects to process the data and I believe we are maximizing the Rushmore technology.
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>Any ideas on why our competitors are beating us using a 'database from scratch' in C ?