cargo@TARDIS.CRAY.COM (David S. Cargo) (05/09/90)
A user of some Icon programs for MS-DOS written in Icon 7.0 was asking me if V8.0 had any performance differences over V7.0. Anybody know? dsc
ralph@CS.ARIZONA.EDU ("Ralph Griswold") (05/09/90)
Version 8 is faster especially with large sets and tables. It also has somewhat smaller structures for lists, tables, sets, and records. Anyone using 7.0 under MS-DOS should upgrade to 8.0 for two reasons: 8.0 fixes several bugs and if you need help from the Icon Project, you'll have to be running 8.0. Ralph Griswold / Dept of Computer Science / Univ of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85721 +1 602 621 6609 ralph@cs.arizona.edu uunet!arizona!ralph