Re: SPL and system - slow?

On Dec 11, 12:04pm, Jack Parker wrote: > Subject: SPL and system - slow? > > > A cow-orker has noted that execution of a 'system' command from within an SPL > takes about a second to execute. He tested this by doing a 'date' command - > he can run 44 of those in one second from the command line (fast fingers). > Whereas it takes the full second from with the SPL. > > Commentary? > > cheers > j. How many can he run when he has to launch a shell, run date and exit a shell? I bet his fingers can't do that 44 times :-). Being sensible for a moment, the overhead of opening a shell can be quite high on some boxes and as that is what the SPL has to do, it's possible that is what may be causing part of your problem. Plus you have the overhead of the SPL checker and SPL interpreter to deal with. Roll on compiled SPL with full NewEra style 4GL++. Cheers - Jim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Gordon DHL Airways Inc. jgordon@us.dhl.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- My opinions are my own. They may vary with time but they remain mine!