Hi Petr,
>However, REBOL can't imho
>replace your foxpro. It will not natively support .dbf, as /Command is
supposed
>to integrate ODBC environment only and ODBC will be slower imho.
And that is why - Petr - I didn't understand that people, who have use for
/Command, did not take kindly to my Open Source proposal. REBOL has
announced ODBC but not native support for databases.
It would be conceivable to begin an OpenSource project that implements
native support for selected dbms's (those that are in use by REBOL
programmers and can be supported with a reasonable effort). dbf files, for
instance, would certainly be candidates, since the structure of dbf files
is thoroughly documented and there are implementations of dbf support
libraries available in source code.
Note that unlike available libraries or dll's for dbf, native support for
dbf files would be available on all platforms supported by REBOL!
Quite frankly, I got a little tired of all the arguing, and I do have a day
job ;-), so I decided not to pursue this any further.
Take Care,
;- Elan >> [: - )]
