Re: [MacPerl] [ALBOT] Mac Y2K Oops?

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Richard Gordon wrote:

> So, I've set to work on my MacPerl freeware to run on text files before
> they are imported. I've got it reliably (?) converting 1200 dates per
> second on an aging 8100/100 and remain awed by MacPerl's speed when used
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> for things like this.

Hey! I resemble that remark! :-)

Seriously, I do all my stuff at home on a 6100/60, and I've yet to run
into anything where speed was actually so much of an issue that I felt the
urge to go out and get a G3 or a 450MHz Dell. Except (and this is no joke)
when trying to read docs using Acrobat Reader.

I think I write better stuff, and use my programming time better, than if
I were working on a much faster box.

I wrote a custom database app for my Dad that runs on his 16MHz LCII,
which handles MacPerl 520r4 just fine BTW, which was all in Perl, and does
all his accounting and reports for his role as a church treasurer, and
that app has been chugging away for a year. It's a text-based DB. It's
pretty tweaked in order to be useable on an LCII, so I figure if you stuck
it on a G3, stand back!!!

I _am_ getting a faster machine this spring, but that's for Linux.
Different story. :-)

Arved



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