-----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] på vegne av Ed Leafe >> True, but we all rely on the tools we use, and to code everything in >> assembler is not something you'd want. > > Huh? What planet did you just arrive from? > > XML is *TEXT*. You use a *TEXT* editor. > > What the hell does assembler have to do with anything?
Come on now, Ed, that was a simple analogy that most should be able to follow. Most tools allow for abstractions and/or code generation for complex features. In that respect, code for web services generated from a WSDL is not _significantly_ different from code generated by a compiler from a higher level source language, such as VFP, Pyhon, C# etc., from a _conceptual_ point of view. It can all be considered , and I'm quoting, 'black magic'. And that, dear Ed, is 'what the hell' assembler has to do with anything and everything. >> Python is a platform as well, > No, it is a programming language, not a platform. It is indeed a platform in the sense that it provides you with a set of abstractions from which you build your solutions. No, it is not a platform in the same way that windows or linux are, so what? That does not mean that you are not locked into the Python _programming platform_ if you have lots of source code there. >> and one day it too will be dead. > Well, duh! So will we all. But at least until those events, going >with a non-proprietary solution doesn't lock you into it when things >change in the future. Yes, everything dies, and I, for one, believe that there is more future in the .NET platform than there is in Python, though there is no one true answer to that. >> When the OP wrote that he needs a web service in the _near future_, >> not checking out what is available and useful right now in Visual >> Studio would be a very bad move, IMHO. > And likewise, limiting your "checking out" to Visual Studio is an >even worse decision. Did I ever mention that he should limit what he is checking out? And, while we're at it, could please provide examples of something that would work equally well within a limited time frame from Fox (possibly utilizing COM, if required) for a complex web service? Eyvind [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
