On 9/19/06, Graham Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A higher-level, well-known language is always more productive, but I would ask , is FoxPro always the best possible tool for every solution?
Nothing is "always."
And is it not worth learning other languages?
Sure.
And further, how long does it take to be productive in some of these programming languages?
Define "productive." "Hello world" in ten seconds. Mastery in ten years. You pick. VFP with its IDE was hands-down more productive than competing systems. In 1994. Others have caught up. Others have over-complexified. "The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to assembler." "The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages." "Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the yin and yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao." "But do not program in Cobol if you can avoid it." The Tao of Programming, Geoffrey James, 1987. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
