"The shorter the code within the EVAL()-uated expression, the faster the result."
>Can someone clarify this for me please? I'm having trouble following, but I'm interested...
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>>Hi Sergey
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>>It is 90% faster on my PENTIUM 4 2.2Ghz Notebook
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>>The problem is EVAL().
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>>VFP is not compiled, and it ( i think ) not uses P-code, but uses an
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>>Token-Code. EVAL need parsing phase for build tokens.
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>>In fact, compare:
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>>=NOT EVAL('.T.')
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>>with
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>>=EVAL('NOT .T.')
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>>The first is 35% faster the second
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>>The rule it is obvious :
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>>put more court possible strings on EVAL & and EXECSCRIPT
>>
>>Fabio
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