* How plug-and-play is compiling dBASE code in Clipper? Compiles and runs immediately, needs minor edits, or more work than that?
* How much of a speed improvement does compiling provide?
* How grateful were clients for the speed improvement?
Speed I can't rememeber (it was 40 years ago) then again the speed of a dbase etc program is limited by disk access
It was an internal system so no real comparison.
I do not think we converted much from dBase to Clipper, I assume the first programs did before I joined but by that time we had in house libraries etc.