kam wrote: > Hey Malcolm, > > There are many people on this list (including me) that plan to do the same > thing you are doing. > > It would be nice if there was a translator. I probably would not use it for > production code because translators are always (my > experience) sloppy code, but I would like to see the Python code that does a > function similar to vfp. > > I think a re-write is important, painful, but important. When I re-wrote all > my old fpd code into vfp, it was painful and took a > year, but now I have a much cleaner program. I think the same will happen > when moving to Python. That was 10 years ago - time for a > new re-write. > That's why I started using MySQL and an n-tier design years ago---to lessen the work needed when I move from VFP to something else.
> Like you, I think almost everything could be done in python instead of using > dll/ocx components with the stupid requirement to > 'register' them. I wonder what idiot at Microsoft thought up that nonsense? > Somebody who thought that's another way to make a buck. _______________________________________________ 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.
