MB Software Solutions wrote: > Matthew Jarvis wrote: > >> Okay, maybe it isn't necessary to jump ship just *yet*, but it's only a >> matter of time... >> >> > > 8+ years to be exact. <s> > > >> I know that I'll need to do a rewrite of our MS Access front end app at >> some point so have been considering other apps/languages lately anyway... >> >> > It's funny, but we all know that there are still NEW apps being written > in VB6...probably many. So for you to choose to still write new apps in > VFP9 would not be a terrible decision. Like I said....8+ years to > go...so what? > > >> I haven't given dabo a fair shakedown yet.. RealBasic looks good but is >> proprietary... >> >> > VFP was/is proprietary too. So? > > >> Or maybe python... >> >> So I got to thinking that all modern based 'visual' languages are >> actually written in something like C anyway, so why not go ahead and >> learn C (or a derivitive of that) i.e. learn one of the base languages... >> >> > > E-gads, Matt! Why use a low level language where you have to do all the > garbage collection and everything else yourself? No thanks for me, > anyway! I've no inclination to recreate the wheel over and over. > > >> The idea being that there must be libraries out there to do the heavy >> lifting for interface work as long as one understands the underlying >> language... >> >> Anyone gone down this route already? >> >> > I'm not ready to do it, as I'm overloaded somewhat at present with a few > VFP9/MySQL projects, Hey Micheal just remember if you ever need a helping hand on any of those VFP projects I've have a little experience with VFP ;-)
> but I can tell you that I think for those switching > NOW, it's time to go the Dabo route and have apps that run all ALL > operating systems--Winbloze, Linux, and Mac. Ed & Paul are on the right > track with using a Python derivative---Python isn't going away any time > soon (if 8+ left years of VFP isn't enough for you...haha). > > _______________________________________________ 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.
