I'm just curious to know if anyone else has noticed a difference in processing time when converting a feature class to a shapefile using the "Feature Class To Feature Class" tool in catalog vs. python.
Using the "Feature Class To Feature Class" tool in catalog it takes roughly 5 minutes to convert a 287,000 record point feature class in a file geodatabase to a shapefile.
When I ran the same operation in python it took over an hour.
I'm currently running ArcGIS 9.3.1.
If this is the kind of performance to be expected from python then maybe I'll have to take a serious look at using VB.net or C# in the future.
Joel
