On Aug 27, 2026, at 10:12, [email protected] wrote: > > I have at least learned that currently they only have a 64bit ODBC driver > which means I'd probably have to use VFA64 to use this method of connecting > to the data, but DuckDB supports multiple API's so I may have to use those > alternatives instead. As I said, I'm just starting to getting into this, so > any ideas would be appreciated.
Is there a reason, other than it’s what you know best, that you have to work with VFP for this? I always think that this is a perfect time to try something new. Of course you know I’d recommend Python, especially since it has great support, but really the choice can be anything. I wasn’t going to send a reply like this, until I saw Kurt’s post just now. You have an amazing new tool available to help you learn! For example, recently I wanted to try learning Rust. I have a script that I wrote years ago that I posted about recently (https://leafe.com/archives/msg/518759) that analyzes the accumulated suspected spam, and presents it in a report that is emailed to me. That original script was written in Python, but about 5-6 years ago I re-wrote it in Go, because it was the latest hotness, and I wanted to get a feel for it. This week I re-wrote it again in Rust, but instead of trying, failing, trying to search for the error, I worked with Claude Code to do it. Now I could have told Claude to just write it by itself, but instead I described the project and told it that I wanted it to create a tutorial environment for learning the language. I would ask questions like ‘is there a preferred email parsing tool?’, and Claude would search for the current status of email processing, and put together a basic script for parsing an mbox into separate emails. I looked at that script and didn’t understand most of it, so I would ask Claude to explain each part that wasn’t clear. Here’s a sample of the Rust code: let data = fs::read(&spam_file) .with_context(|| format!("failed to read {}", spam_file.display()))?; log::line(&format!( "spammail: {} bytes -> {}", data.len(), spam_file.display() ))?; let raw_messages = mbox::split(&data); let parser = MessageParser::default(); There’s a lot there that was gibberish to me at first, but I would ask Claude to explain each bit, and it started to make sense. I’m certainly not a Rust expert by any means, but I’m at the point where I can read code like that and understand what it’s doing. With a built-in teacher like Claude, why not try something new? -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://lists.leafe.com/postorius/lists/profox.leafe.com/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] OT-free version of this list: https://lists.leafe.com/postorius/lists/profoxtech.leafe.com/ Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[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
