[Info-vax] Opportunity for VSI?

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 12/15/2018 3:15 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/15/2018 1:52 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> On 12/15/2018 1:21 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>
>>> Now John, to get serious, when are you going to fix that despicable
>>> problem in Basic, you know, the horrible performance when returning
>>> from subprograms?
>>
>> What problem is that?
>>
>>
> 
> John discussed it in the past, after I rubbed his nose in it.  As I understand 
> things, when returning from a Basic subroutine, the procedure must "walk the 
> stack" for some reason.  Now call a simple routine several hundred thousand 
> times, and you will see horrible performance. We've had to take the code form 
> the routines and place it inline in programs where it is an issue.

Have you logged a support call with us about this issue?

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                  -- Rob