Gentlemen, Just had a really good look at Swift which seems to be the latest/greatest way to write IOS apps and is being pushed as the preferred IOS development platform as opposed to Objective (Well named!!) C.
Funnily enough the languages bears many similarities to VFP and the features we have had for YEARS and YEARS!!! Some big revolutionary steps forward evidently being: 1. Automatically defined variable types: varA = "Hello" varB=1 2. Being able to redefine a variable (inferred typing) from one type to another varA = "Hello" varA=1.0 3. Powerful string functions: Combining Strings and Characters Let Smiley_Face: Character = "<smiley face>" Let Sad_Face: Char = "<Sad_Face>" Let Both_Faces=Smiley_Face+Sad_Face Now that is really impressive, just how would the Fox be able to do that?? ... Lots of head scratching 4. String Interpolation let a=3, b=5 // "3 times 5 is 15" Let result = "\(a) times \(b) is \(a*b) Just HOW difficult would this be in VFP!!!!!!! NOT! 5. You can have different values in a case statement, you can match against objects and even match against a "statement" e.g Case: ((A or B or C) and C) Seen that before somewhere!!! The one thing I did like is the dictionary handling features, a little like adding the best bits of Python to VFP. Take a look if you want a sly smirk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0C6L4XmrZM Oh well, just an observation and they do say what comes around goes around. Next Best thing .... VFP Dave _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
