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| ==== The MakeMusic blog ==== | ==== The MakeMusic blog ==== | ||
| - | Today (Sep. 18, 2013), Kelby Stine at MakeMusic posted a blog on MakeMusic about replacing Wizard-created staff names through FinaleScript. I thought it would be interesting to do a FinaleScript vs. JW Lua comparison on this (testing on beta 0.05 functionality, which is soon available). | + | Today (Sep. 18, 2013), Kelby Stine at MakeMusic made a post on the MakeMusic blog about replacing Wizard-created staff names through FinaleScript. I thought it would be interesting to do a //FinaleScript// vs. //JW Lua// comparison on this (testing on the //JW Lua beta 0.05// functionality, which is soon available). |
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| ==== Comparison Result ==== | ==== Comparison Result ==== | ||
| - | I did the comparisons on the same file (a "Concert Band (Full)" created by the 2012c Document Wizard). | + | I did the comparisons on the same Finale document (a "Concert Band (Full)" created by the 2012c Document Wizard) on my Windows machine. |
| ^ Comparison Area ^ FinaleScript ^ JW Lua ^ | ^ Comparison Area ^ FinaleScript ^ JW Lua ^ | ||
| | Total Execution Time | 9.25 seconds (manually timed) | 0.02486 seconds | | | Total Execution Time | 9.25 seconds (manually timed) | 0.02486 seconds | | ||
| - | | Lines of Code (not counting comment lines) | | 19 | 37 | | + | | Lines of Code (not counting comment lines) | 19 | 37 | |
| | User Restrictions | Make sure to run only once, base document on Wizard's output | Base document on Wizard's output (see remark in "Conclusion" below) | | | User Restrictions | Make sure to run only once, base document on Wizard's output | Base document on Wizard's output (see remark in "Conclusion" below) | | ||
| ==== Conclusion ==== | ==== Conclusion ==== | ||
| - | //JW Lua// is a programming language, and the comparison clearly shows that difference. You need to code a bit more, but you have full flexibility, can control the brevity of the language - and you get execution speed. | + | //JW Lua// is a programming language, and the comparison clearly shows that difference. You'll need to code a bit more, but you have full coding flexibility, can control the brevity of the language - and you get execution speed. |
| - | However, in Finale 2012 string replacement like this is generally a bad approach since it put restrictions on the script. Instead, the //JW Lua// script should make changes primarily based on the ''InstrumentUUID'' property. In the specific example above, the //JW Lua// execution is **372 times faster** than //FinaleScript//, which would be even more difference if a ''InstrumentUUID'' solution would be used. But that's way beyond this comparison. :-) | + | However, in Finale 2012 string replacement in staff names is generally a bad approach since it put user restrictions on the script. Instead, the //JW Lua// script should make changes primarily based on the ''InstrumentUUID'' property. In the specific example above, the //JW Lua// execution is about **372 times faster** than //FinaleScript//, which would probably be an even larger difference if a ''InstrumentUUID'' solution would be used. But that's way beyond this comparison. :-) |
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