Arrays in Rev (long)

[Rob Cozens]

>Globals and script locals have the fastest access. Custom props are 
>pretty fast, but still slower than variables. Stack-based data 
>stored in a separate stack is slower yet

>it seems like there is a choice between power, speed, and pathing 
>elegance being made here, and for the nature of many of my 
>applications, I need all three.

Jacque, Troy, et al:

Stack-based storage will be slower than variable access; but perhaps 
it makes up for this in power & elegance.

I have not done timing tests to the millisecond, but using a timer I 
find the SDB can select & retrieve one record out of a 43,043-record 
database by key value in < one second on a G4 iMac.
-- 

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)