Paul There is one part of your reply which intrigues me and that is the reference to 1-based arrays. I realise that many languages use 0-based arrays and that has been a gotcha for me on occasions. So:
What is wrong with 1-based arrays OR, to put it another way How/why are 0-based arrays superior to 1-based arrays ? Paul Newton Paul McNett wrote: > Jeff Johnson wrote: > > >> Try it, you'll like it. >> > > > ...and you'll come back to VFP annoyed at having to type ENDIF, ENDDO, > ENDCASE, and ENDFOR; not being able to nest functions; functions not > being first-class objects; arrays being 1-based and not nearly as easy > to use as Python's list, tuple, or set; lack of mapping type; lack of > namespaces; lack of native sprintf() string formatting; and on and on. > > But then again, in Python I miss being able to type out a raw SELECT > statement and get a cursor of results. A few more lines are required in > Python for something roughly equivalent. > > _______________________________________________ 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 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.
