> From: Mark Wieder > > The problem with things like mod and "/" is that they're expensive in > terms of scaling: they're about 3.5 times slower than "last char".
Is that because values are always converted to binary and back to a string when doing arithmetic, or because the arithmetic itself is done in BCD? Does anyone know how the engine works? -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode