Will keep watching Dabo! The Python connection should make the whole thing worthwhile.
It's as interesting as the Harbour Project, which is a 100% re-write of the original Clipper xBase compiler. On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like you thought that Dabo was supposed to be syntactically the > same as VFP, > but that was never the goal at all. Instead, Dabo gathers the various tools > available in > Python and makes them work together to give you an environment that is > similar to > what VFP provided: UI designer, fast database access, local cursors, > reporting, > It is taken directly from Codebook, which I helped write many years ago, and > which > was the basis for several of the major VFP frameworks, such as VFE or Oak > Leaf. > I don't think it is all that controversial. ;-) Besides, you can create > single-tier > apps in Dabo if you want; it just will make them harder to expand and > maintain. -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! / v \ 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 (Linux kernel 2.6.39.3) /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw ^ ^ May the Force and farces be with you! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGv=MJBjF=s-fkl0gbxcuml4lnvefdzvdhtj5rxexljsovy...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
