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Rob Cozens rcozens at pon.net
Mon Feb 11 14:02:01 EST 2002


>The other main difference is speed. Globals are much faster than
>retrieving custom properties.

Jacque, et al:

Has anyone tested how retreiving the contents of a field compares to
retrieving a custom property?

In "Revolution much slower then Hypercard", Pierre Delain posted,

>In Hypercard, it takes about 4-5 seconds to perform. In Revolution, I have
>transfered the fields in custom properties in order to make it faster.

None of the responses I looked at actually tried to compare apples to
apples, ie: to retrieve the contents of a field from both HC & RR.

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)



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