Re: Killer VFP features vs. Python from a VFP perspective (was Re: Servoy ~~ VFP dev notes)

2009-03-25 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
On Wed, March 25, 2009 11:00 am, Ed Leafe wrote: > Another way of looking at this is that VFP is specialized for solving > one particular programming problem. It really sucks if you want to control > microprocessors or create cron jobs. Python is a more generic language > that can be used in a wid

Re: Killer VFP features vs. Python from a VFP perspective (was Re: Servoy ~~ VFP dev notes)

2009-03-25 Thread Ed Leafe
On Mar 25, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: > We've been coming up the Python learning curve for about a year and > here's a quick comparison of how Python stacks up to VFP from a VFP > perspective: Comparisons of Python vs. VFP are not valid, IMO. Python is more analogous to C,

Killer VFP features vs. Python from a VFP perspective (was Re: Servoy ~~ VFP dev notes)

2009-03-25 Thread Malcolm Greene
Alan, >> I'm just too spoiled with VFP and it's mix of native OOP, xBase >> language, SQL language and my favorite - the command window. > I find that there is nothing really approaching the above on any > platform, we really *are* spoiled in that respect. We've been coming up the Python learnin

Re: Servoy ~~ VFP dev notes

2009-03-25 Thread Alan Bourke
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:07 -0500, "William Sanders / EFG" wrote: > I'm just too spoiled with VFP and it's mix of native > OOP, xBase language, SQL language and my favorite - the command window. I find that there is nothing really approaching the above on any platform, we really *are* spoiled in

Servoy ~~ VFP dev notes

2009-03-24 Thread William Sanders / EFG
This is one of the developers listed in the 'forward' from Michael Babcock - http://www.familiedevries.eu/jeroen/index.htm The thing that bothers me is that VFP CAN be used in the Software as a Service Model, either as a component or totally stand alone. People tend to forget the data-driven real-