Thank you for that link about harbour project. I believe there will always be a need for a good programmable, all in one system that can run on a single pc, or a network of pc's, without the internet.
There simply are many instances where you don't want to have your client having to install a programming language, and a database that is separate from that, and you especially don't want them messing around with either. It's kind of like that old mechanic, electronics technician sign. If I fix it, it's X dollars. If you've tinkered with it, it's Y dollars -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Man-wai Chang Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 11:05 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Foxpro 2.6 DOS/dosemu/ubuntu issues 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! [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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/[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.
