I doubt that they would let you through customs, David. > On Jul 21, 2017, at 6:01 AM, David Adams via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > >> My 2 cents: >> >> According to a recent 4D blog entry, using the new object notation option >> will speed up your objects significantly: >> > > Sounds great! > > Before this becomes the new "for loops are faster", let's take a moment to > remember that speed only matters when things are slow. And mostly, things > aren't slow now. Heck, you can do silly things that would have hurt a lot > years ago and never notice now. So, yeah, speed is sometimes interesting, > but it's only important when it's important. That's not that often for most > programs. > > It's always easy to lose track of proportion too: > > "Such and so makes you twice as likely to get attacked by a bear!" > > What does that mean? Does that mean your risk rises from 1/1,000,000 to > 1/500,000 or from 1/10 to 1/5? Same proportion, pretty big difference in a > day-to-day sense. > > Tip: Don't go to BC covered in salmon guts. Just saying. > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > **********************************************************************
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