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Re: Wikipedia entry on XyWrite

PS, as Bill pointed out, Xy is blazingly fast.
Interesting: I just raced Xy vs. Word. I took the same 15000 word file and
had each do a search and replace, "changing" a to a (i.e., a pretend change).


Xy was about 1/4 second or less. Word took about 2 or 3 seconds.
So even in today's world, Xy remains faster. To be fair, however, does
anyone ever need more speed than what Word has? Are we splitting hairs here
(my program takes a nanosecond but yours takes 4 nanoseconds)?

And can't Word do wildcard search and replace? I don't know, I'm asking
non-rhetorically.




Harry Binswanger
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