On Mon, May 19, 2014, at 04:43 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: > Isn't a lot of VFP already open sourced? It's just the core C libraries > that aren't ... and never will be. > > I was talking with another VFP developer the other day and we were > lamenting how much more difficult it is to develop desktop applications > now. Shouldn't software development be getting easier even though the > features are getting more powerful? That doesn't seem to be the case, > but I'm getting old and more curmudgeony. >
There aren't so many everything-in-one-box desktop-centric tools that are actively developed any more. There's Xojo (RealBasic as was) and a couple of similar tools, Delphi is still going, LiveCode is powerful but clings to ancient HyperCard-style syntax. The ecosystems in which these applications run now are far more powerful but also far more complex and that filters down to the development tools. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com 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/1400514472.4719.119087349.406bd...@webmail.messagingengine.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.
