In a msg on , Allan Whitworth of 1:3407/14@fidonet.org writes:
RC-> AW> Do you use this program?  If so, does it perform all/some of the
RC->Trying to.  There were some quirks in the scripts that never showed in
    ^^^^^^^^^
Another attemp has failed and resulted in another call to Sheng Labs.  
I managed to produce an "error" reliably. A lookup rtn would lookup OK, then 
the next time it was accessed, down went the compiled script. The lookup 
table was corrupted on the exit from it. Chkdsk, Tutility, and Restructuring 
didn't see the corruption, but TurboPAL did. Only way to "fix" was to rename 
the table, create a new table, copy the data and family back. A tedious 
process when there's a string of automatic lookup tables in a row.
I'll be sending the entire application to Richard Sheng this time. He says he 
can have the problem fixed in a couple of hours. Now that's support!
 AW> I've seen the Windows products overwhelm the 'old fashioned' DOS 
rograms
 AW> lately...trying to lead the public's interest into pushing their 
ardware
and software to the limit...obviously time for us to "upgrade"! (tight smile)
I prefer a more stable environment than Windows ... OS/2 user myself.  I'm 
fairly lucky, my job requires a decent setup. I get to "play" with new 
software often. Many times it involves swapping components. DOS is still more 
stable than Windows, any day, and OS/2 is even better. :-)
 AW> Anyway, I've been saving most of the Paradox conferences for future
 AW> searches...I'll look again.  I'm not sure that my local BBS is getting
 AW> all the posts, 'cuz the volume that I see on the Paradox conference
 AW> seems to have decrease.  Thanks for your helpful info!
Did you notice the posting about this echo being dropped? :-( Hope its just a 
bad rumor ...
 AW> Heck, my "largest" app has two 15K libraries and a 22K main script 
 AW> (*.SC)...maybe that's not so "big" after all.  (3-4+ Meg data at a time)
Richard Sheng said he had 80 Meg applications running under TurboPAL. I have 
a few sitting 45+ Meg myself (potentially much higher). Libraries compiled 
range from about 20K to 500K! The largest being the master procedure library 
for all the applications.
 AW> Do you have any basis for comparison of this product with the paradox
 AW> database engine for C/Pascal??  I suppose Turbopal contains zero
Sorry, can't say that I do, would welcome the comparison tho ... Have you got 
a small benchmark test procedure in C/Pascal that I can duplicate in Pdox4DOS 
and compile for comparison? I'll then send it back to you so you can verify 
the results at your end.  *smile*
 AW> code from Paradox to get around licensing lawsuits...hmmm?  That
 AW> would take a rewrite of Paradox, or Turbo Pal's use of the paradox
 AW> code....
Rewrite of Paradox? That's Richard Sheng's question, not mine.  Sheng Labs 
did mention something about they were going to try to get the rights to the 
Personal Programmer development or something like that, so I don't think it's 
a suprise to Borland. As for a rewrite, why not, the writing was on the wall 
when Borland switched to Pdox4Win. So Sheng Labs "picks up" the clientele 
that Borland dropped when switching to Pdox4Win. No harm in it from a user's 
standpoint!
ttyl
Richard
Richard.Clarke@p20.f15.n134.z1.fidonet.org
Richard.Clarke@mis.cuug.ab.ca
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