True. But in my defense, my tongue was fully in my cheek when I was referring to those young whipper snappers who need to get off my lawn! Lol
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2019, at 10:32 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Apr 11, 2019, at 10:52 AM, Paul H. Tarver <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think I found one of the big reasons Foxpro didn't do well on the survey: >> >> From the Survey: "About three-fourths of professional developers who >> took our survey are younger than 35." >> From Wikipedia: "Visual Foxpro was derived from FoxPro (originally >> known as FoxBASE) which was developed by Fox Software beginning in 1984." >> >> Soooo, apparently our favorite language is actually OLDER than most of the >> respondents to the survey. So we can honestly say we were all programming >> the Fox before most of these whippersnappers were even a gleam in their >> momma's eye. > > Python was first released in 1991, making it just 7 years younger than FoxPro. > > I don't think that the date a language first appeared is the relevant > criterion. Instead, I think the most critical thing would be the date of the > most *recent* release of the language. > > Python 3.7.3 was released 25 March, 2019. > Visual FoxPro 9 Service Pack 2 was released on 16 October, 2007. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > [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.
