>Anna,
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>According to my tests as well as a number of Delphi experts, Delphi is as fast as C++ for database applications and is extremely easy to develop in (I dare say as easy as VFP). Warning, this speed can blow your socks off,

If 4 million lines a second compile speed doesn't blow your socks of then nothing will!

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>Robert Baker
>www.zxytek.com
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>>At the moment, my Client has changed priorities from speed to getting the app to work in a Thin Client environment (ie Terminal Server/Citrix) ... which obviously raises other performance issues.
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>>Regards
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>>Anna