>Hi folks,
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>I'm using VFP 8 to create a new version of my programs. I know, this is a beta version and has a lot of bugs... but I just want to save some time until the final version is released.
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>I have noticed that after some time using VFP8, it starts to be slow, slow, slow... I think it occurs because is a beta version, isn't it?
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>[]s!

Lots of bugs? No, it does not. Only some. Remember that MS must have newer builds that the one you have where most are fixed.
To answer your question, yes, Beta software has debugging and analysis code built in. That won't be in the final release, but it makes it slower now.