VFP?

I'm puzzled. The rage in the development tools industry now is dynamically
typed, designer languages, some even talking about command line interpreters
coming soon. There is even a project working closely with Microsoft on a so
called Dynamic Library Runtime (DLR) which works with the CLR that .NET is
built on to facilitate creation of these dynamically typed languages. So
here sits the worlds largest software house, strangling the last bits of
life out of the world's greatest dynamically typed data oriented language.
Is this another case like with the internet and security where Microsoft has
completely missed the boat?

Fred
Thu Sep 13 18:43:59 PDT 2007

Sums it up pretty good if you ask me. While VFP may be getting pretty
long-in-the-tooth, it'll be quite some time before anything appears (from
anybody) that can fully replace it.

--
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP


"mccard" <mcsoft@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I'm puzzled. The rage in the development tools industry now is
> dynamically typed, designer languages, some even talking about command
> line interpreters coming soon. There is even a project working closely
> with Microsoft on a so called Dynamic Library Runtime (DLR) which works
> with the CLR that .NET is built on to facilitate creation of these
> dynamically typed languages. So here sits the worlds largest software
> house, strangling the last bits of life out of the world's greatest
> dynamically typed data oriented language. Is this another case like with
> the internet and security where Microsoft has completely missed the boat?

Gene
Thu Sep 13 20:08:02 PDT 2007

"Fred Taylor" <ftaylor@mvps.org!REMOVE> wrote:

>Sums it up pretty good if you ask me. While VFP may be getting pretty
>long-in-the-tooth, it'll be quite some time before anything appears (from
>anybody) that can fully replace it.

Long in tooth? Like Dracula? Read Saberhagen's "The Dracula
Tape". The Count still counts, and so does VFP.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

Dan
Fri Sep 14 09:26:54 PDT 2007

Yup. There's life in the old gal yet.

Then, again, we have clients still using our DOS app written in Clipper
S'86. <g>

Dan

Fred Taylor wrote:
> Sums it up pretty good if you ask me. While VFP may be getting pretty
> long-in-the-tooth, it'll be quite some time before anything appears
> (from anybody) that can fully replace it.
>
>
> "mccard" <mcsoft@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:OmbF3pm9HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I'm puzzled. The rage in the development tools industry now is
>> dynamically typed, designer languages, some even talking about
>> command line interpreters coming soon. There is even a project
>> working closely with Microsoft on a so called Dynamic Library
>> Runtime (DLR) which works with the CLR that .NET is built on to
>> facilitate creation of these dynamically typed languages. So here
>> sits the worlds largest software house, strangling the last bits of
>> life out of the world's greatest dynamically typed data oriented
>> language. Is this another case like with the internet and security
>> where Microsoft has completely missed the boat?

Man-wai
Fri Sep 14 19:56:33 PDT 2007

> dynamically typed languages. So here sits the worlds largest software
> house, strangling the last bits of life out of the world's greatest
> dynamically typed data oriented language. Is this another case like with
> the internet and security where Microsoft has completely missed the boat?

Maybe most genes just can't accept xBase as a programming language.
There cannot be other reason than that. :)

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Gene
Sat Sep 15 22:54:25 PDT 2007

Someone <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

>> dynamically typed languages. So here sits the worlds largest software
>> house, strangling the last bits of life out of the world's greatest
>> dynamically typed data oriented language. Is this another case like with
>> the internet and security where Microsoft has completely missed the boat?
>
>Maybe most genes just can't accept xBase as a programming language.
>There cannot be other reason than that. :)

I am a special Gene? Fine writing, fine writing.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

Man-wai
Sun Sep 16 05:20:35 PDT 2007

>> Maybe most genes just can't accept xBase as a programming language.
>> There cannot be other reason than that. :)
> I am a special Gene? Fine writing, fine writing.

Too bad most genes prefer Java and VB. We are the minorities. :)

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Claude
Mon Sep 17 08:04:46 PDT 2007

MS needs to do it in a way that maximizes potential revenue and market
control. VFP doesn't quite fit that mold since so many things are built
in...
"mccard" <mcsoft@cox.net> wrote in message
news:OmbF3pm9HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I'm puzzled. The rage in the development tools industry now is
> dynamically typed, designer languages, some even talking about command
> line interpreters coming soon. There is even a project working closely
> with Microsoft on a so called Dynamic Library Runtime (DLR) which works
> with the CLR that .NET is built on to facilitate creation of these
> dynamically typed languages. So here sits the worlds largest software
> house, strangling the last bits of life out of the world's greatest
> dynamically typed data oriented language. Is this another case like with
> the internet and security where Microsoft has completely missed the boat?