Ted Roche wrote: > On 11/4/08, Ricardo Araoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So you have to learn XHTML, CSS, Javascript, how they integrate, plus >> some php (?). Add to that the lovely little traps Billy has set in IE. >> > > You can choose to learn nothing new. >
At least nothing new that I dislike. > >> Hmmm. Get Python and it runs on those three. And you only have to learn >> one language (and it is a pleasurable experience). > > Unless you want a UI. Then you need to learn wx. (Or Qt, or...) and > then a report writer language. And the SQL/DDL for the database. > There's always parts. Well, you left out the math module and the os module and the file module and the i/o module and the curses module and ...... But hey, what's left for the language then? About 12 reserved words? > > VFP integrated in a DDL, low-level file functions, interface > terminology, a merge (template) language and SQL _into_ VFP and > claimed it was all one language. Was it one language or one product > with several domain-specific languages integrated into it? It's an > angels-on-a-pin argument for linguists, perhaps, but the point is that > you're always integrating in different pieces that have to be handled > their own way, whether that's Stonefield's Data Dictionary with > CodeBook with Mac's PowerTools and Tim Rettig's utilities. But the point is you could deploy applications WITHOUT them if you choose to. I'd rather keep that choice. > No, XML, a document, easily internationalized, recognized and > validatable standard format. Entire documents can be downloaded, > parsed, analyzed and categorized for content, keywords and, with the > Semantic Web, meaning so that your site can advertise itself to search > engines. Oh! Wow! I wish we had XML in desktop apps! You've convinced me! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com 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.
