Console initial display delay with FORMAT$

[Mike Doty]

Turned off AVG anti-virus "Resident Shield" and it is now immediate.
Now need to see why AVG doesn't like my program (or at least not using FORMAT$.)
Thanks PowerBASIC support!

[Mike Doty]

Does FORMAT$ have to be buffered before anything appears?
Try with a larger value for x& and it can take much longer.

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
  ? "Why does this take 8-seconds to appear?"
  FOR x& = 1 TO 3000
    ? FORMAT$(x&,"#,");
  NEXT
END FUNCTION