You're assuming he's not using buffering.

You could code:

USE MyTable
CURSORSETPROP("Buffering", 4)

SCATTER MEMVAR MEMO BLANK

m.Field1 = "Some Value"
m.Field2 = "Some Value"
m.Field3 = "Some Value"

GATHER MEMVAR MEMO

=TABLEUPDATE()

Seems to me "Buffering" and "Scatter/Gather" are 2 separate issues