MS> I am currently working with VB. I unfortunately learned this p-code 
MS> snail instead of a real compileable language like Delphi. While I am 
MS> considering learning Delphi, right now I still need to keep the code 
MS> flowing so I'm resorting to DLL's. 
MS> Someone in this echo posted that true compiled code ran 10-20 times 
MS> as fast as VB p-code. I bought Microsoft Fortran 5.1 and wrote some 
MS> DLL's which are not only compiled, but optimized for speed and 
MS> looping, and they only ran 3 to 4 times as quickly as the p-code 
MS> snail. There is quite a difference between 3-4 and 10-20. Anyone out 
MS> there who _knows_ about this care to comment?
Delphi does pretty darn well on DLLs both in speed and compact size. I'd 
suggest writting the same thing in Delphi and comaring the difference. 
Steve
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