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On Sat, 28 Dec 1996 20:36:40 -0500, "Derek Buchler"
<stephers@sprynet.com> wrote:

>In the news article <32c605d6.6679906@news.demon.co.uk> dated 28 Dec 1996,
>it was said by chris@abint.demon.co.uk (Chris Jones) that ...
>
>> The raw data speeds across the world and down your phone line to your
>> computer and then hits your program.  This data has to be processed
>> into something you can read (like this message) and the speed of this
>> operation depends on the speed of your newsreader program.  
>
>Chris, you left out the rest of the equation.  It also depends on the
>machine your running it on, it's configuration, it's available resources,
>and the current percentage of fragmentation of the hard disk.
>
The original question relates to comparing a program written in Basic
(such as Netcetera) with another program written in a faster language.
Of course I assume that you are running all your programs (written in
Basic and otherwise) on the same machine.  Do you have more than one
computer?
A Basic program may run faster on a 486 than a program written in a
better language on a 286 or whatever.  However it wouldn't if both
programs were on the same machine.  You have to compare like with
like.

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Regards

Chris Jones
chris@abint.demon.co.uk
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