But - Charlie - even U admit 2 not working in VFP w/the list of tech U mentioned!
Am curious - how long U been on here? I go a GOOD Ways back here on the forum - joining circa 2008. But - I didn't stumble upon this great resource until Many years into VFP ! Yeah - like me - Steve has been here a while - even LONGER Than me!!! We met some years ago on Long Island - when he was visiting his mom on LI. He talks here Of other Tech & helps out plenty. In my day job I've been forced outta VFP & now starting 2 work in VB - although now doing like 2.5 yrs of MS SQL. Systems I support(1 is now gone - replaced by a new Sys) R in VFP w/SQL as back end. So - even I have had 2 move on!!! Although - those that know me well here - know that I am highly versed in 3D CG & 3D Printing. Many know of my 4.5 foot long Dragon creation - which has been exhibited in Numerous venues - I now also have my 9 foot long Dragon! Although - besides the purely artistic type 3D projects - I have product design prototypes I am trying to bring to market. Anyway - that's me in a nutshell. And - yeah - many of us are pretty tight in this VFP community & Steve is truly a long respect member. I suggest U don't take his replies in the wrong way. He's also fun to hang out with over a couple or a 1/2 dozen pints O Beer!!! :-) -K- Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 13, 2017, at 7:01 PM, Charlie-gm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10/12/2017 9:20 PM, Kurt at VR-FX wrote: >> Charlie - R U saying that YOU have no knowledge of VFP?? >> >> :-) > > Judge for yourself of course. But I do not propagate incorrect claims about > how VFP "copies down the whole table across the network whenever you open it" > and things like that. > > And I certainly do not remember Stephen (Bad Steve?) to have ever been a "big > VFP guy". As I recall he generally put down VFP and praised the latest > Microsoft "best practice" of the moment (which sometimes turned out to be a > "bad practice"). > > Anyway, my irritation in this particular instance was his "contribution" to > the topic was basically trying to "scare off" VFP'ers from the project: > "doomed to fail..." Which, of course, is utter nonsense. Making sure you have > someone that has a deep knowledge of the source language means the real > operational requirements can be identified: why the system was designed the > way it was. Lack of clear requirements is, by far, the primary reason > projects fail. Also, does he think a VFP'er cannot learn C#? ROFL. The best > way to learn a new language is to actually work in it: and working in it > while stepping through a previous code set that you know well makes things > much easier. Heck, I'd have looked into it except I have no interest in > Microsoft development tools any more. I'll spend my time with Javascript, > Python, some R, maybe Java. > > But whatever. I don't really care that he hangs around the list (like I have > any say-so about that anyway). Maybe others remember the things he's done on > the list differently than I do. For me, I saw just another case of trying to > back-hand insult VFP'ers - maybe it wasn't intentional <shrug>. But since > he's obviously not interested in VFP any more, why post on topics > specifically pertaining to VFP? My little quip in response was just trying to > point that out. > > -Charlie > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
