A DEEPER QUES

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XY-> Doug Beeson:

XY-> On speed: it's true that newer machines are rendering the speed issue moot.
 -> Still, I have a 486 DX33 at work and the few WP macros that I use still tak
 -> tto long for me. XyWrite, on the other hand, operates at a fair clip, even
 -> on my 386 SX dog at home.

Sorry that I didn't write down the timings but in comparing Xy
with Win WP 6.1 on the use of a macro changing several features
globally, Xy had WP beat by a factor of 10. Of course, when
I'm using WP 6.1 I feel I have time to fill by pipe, get a drink,
or do almost anything else. When I'm using Xy, I feel that I
begin to become obsessive-compulsive about achieving results.

More seriously, the biggest factor I've found in Win programs is
having enough memory for a 2-meg disk cache with more than enough
left over to meet the recommended memory requirement.

XY-> As a result of my growing frustration with WP, I have
decided to install
 -> XyWin at work and see if i can use it more routinely to edit outide copy.
 -> The rest of the worldd may be heading somewhere else, but I (think I) know
 -> good thing when I see it. I'm sticking with Xy.

My wife uses Xy on her souped up XT. And it's as fast as any
Windows word processor. Ah! progress.

--Chet

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