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Re: QUIZ
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Winston Kriger <[log in to unmask]>
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Winston Kriger <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 24 Dec 1996 23:32:27 GMT
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In article <[log in to unmask]>, Larry Boyd
<[log in to unmask]> says:
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>On 24 Dec 96 at 10:33, Deane Bell wrote:
>
>> I've been asked to find out about a product called QUIZ for the HP.  Is
>> it a 'language', like COBOL sold by HP or is it a report-writer sold by
>> a third-party?  Any idea how to contact the vendor?  Any words-of-wisdom
>> re it's use/user friendliness/reasons NOT to use it?  Thanks.

....................................................................
>products with which to write reports.  It is not as fast as COBOL,
>because it is not object code.  This means it can be a little slower
>than COBOL, but not a lot..........................................

* Unless one has a copy of "PDQ", the old TymLabs QUIZ compiler, which
  generated executable object code and made QUIZ scream (in most cases).

Winston "TymLabs Forever" Kriger

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