[Info-vax] improve performance of /EXCLUDE

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2015-01-27 04:56:53 +0000, David Froble said:
> 
>> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> On 2015-01-26 23:27:51 +0000, David Froble said:
>>>
>>>> I'm thinking that the usage of a feature might have some bearing on 
>>>> additional work on that feature.
>>>>
>>>> How many times in a second do you perform such operations?
>>>> ...
>>>> For a one time interactive operation, maybe not so much ....
>>>
>>> Incorporate a modern search engine into VMS.   That would be 
>>> beneficial to more folks, more often.
>>
>> The discussion is not about something missing, it's about an existing 
>> capability that might not be as efficient as possible.
> 
> You seem to think I wasn't commenting about the /EXCLUDE.   With a 
> faster integrated search, there wouldn't be this discussion, or there'd 
> be a discussion of the search grammar necessary for a custom search — 
> this assuming that /EXCLUDE didn't go directly to the fast search itself.
> 
>> Are you enjoying your "Christmas catalog" ?
>>
>> :-)
> 
> Um, I'm more interested in seeing VMS not continue to implode.  Fast 
> searches are now expected.  Well, expected for those folks that've 
> experienced them.
> 
> 

I'm interested in seeing VMS on x86, and I'm not thinking about anything 
else until that very significant task is completed.