Output to HTML HTML Subtotal Subtotaled report of 100K records. Output to HTML PCL Crosstab Crosstab report of 100K records. Output to PCL PCL Subtotal Subtotaled report of 100K records. Overall Speed Take geometric mean of PowerBuilder time divided by product time. Visual Basic was the easiest development environment with which to create the test programs.
Compilation is instant and the user interface in general is highly programmer friendly.
The online documentation is excellent. Delphi took longer to create the test program for several reasons The Borland Desktop Engine was quirky at times. Programs would occasionally crash and not enter the debugger. The QuickReports report generator bundled with Delphi is abysmal. It is poorly documented, bug ridden, and required restarting Delphi several times.