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Subject: Re: Labview vs. C++
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Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> writes:
>> proposing to include a C++ program 
> They specifically don't want to pay for that -- there will be a Scilab 
> program, but that has run-times roughly comparable to Labview.

I wonder if you could estimate without too much effort how much
calculation is required, and then ask the customer to run a simple
benchmark in Labview that calculates about that much, to see whether it
can keep up.