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kwanbix
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Microsoft's FoxPro 2.5 Is Fast and Easy to Use (19...
They were bought by Microsoft when they released a version of FoxPro with "rushmore", that made it many times faster than the competion. I still remember the adds.
http://www.foxprohistory.org/rushmore.htm
IncRnd
on Feb 11, 2021
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I still remember programming it. Rushmore used bitsets to speed searches or filters, and that speed went from walking to the speed of light.
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