Date:         Wed, 14 Feb 1996 07:26:03 GMT
Reply-To:     REXX Programming discussion list <REXXLIST@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
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From:         Warren Hall <warren@BORG.COM>
Organization: Team OS/2
Subject:      Re: What REXX commands are CPU hogs ?

In <ipsperDMHu74.EAM@netcom.com>, ipsper@netcom.com (Intergrated Perf Svcs
#5730) writes:
>I attended a very entertaining session by Rick McGuire at the last SHARE.
>It was titled "REXX Performance". Rick asked the audience for things they
>had heard about REXX performance, then proceeded to debunk almost everything.
>Most things vary from platform to platform, between compiler and interpreter,
>and change with PTFs or versions. Some were just plain false!
>Good algorithms will stand the test of time.
>If you care enough about performance to look at individual instructions,
>you probably need to use another language. REXX is mostly interpreted,
>and even compiled REXX isn't very efficient.
>
>Alan Ackerman, usboatbb@ibmmail.com
>--
>Bank of America
>Integrated Performance Services  #5730
 
Like a driver:  attend to your destination, the brakes, accellerator, rear-view
mirror, and traffic.  The octane rating will attend to itself.  In any event,
the
mileage will vary!  But safe driving will tell.
 
Warren
http://www.borg.com/~warren