Howdy All!
Ok, there's the benchmark results comparing my Pascal version of the FDSTAT 
program with my PB version.  What I did was create a batch file which ran the 
program 10 times in a row and captured the results to a log file.  I did all 
benchmarking on the same computer, etc....
Here's the PB version stats.
BENCH. Utility for benchmarking programs.
Elapsed time: 1.37 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.45 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.38 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.42 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.36 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.44 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.41 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.37 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.37 seconds
Elapsed time: 1.45 seconds
Here's the Pascal version stats.
BENCH. Utility for benchmarking programs.
Elapsed time: 0.58 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.62 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.62 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.57 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.57 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.57 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.63 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.64 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.57 seconds
Elapsed time: 0.64 seconds
As you can see the Pascal version is approximately twice as fast %^(
Take Care, Zack Jones
zack@hom.net
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