Ted Roche wrote:
> On 7/31/07, Paul McNett <p (at) ulmcnett D.OT com> wrote:
>
>> Being stuck on Windows because of my addiction to VFP kept
>> me from seeing and embracing all kinds of little development tools and
>> the Linux command line.
>
> Yup. It's quite the transition.
>
>> IOW, I wasn't continuing my education for at least a few years,
>> because I thought I had maxed out what was possible to do, but in truth
>> I had only maxed out what was possible to do in Fox, while Fox is but a
>> minor, stale part of a huge, vibrant programming universe.
>
> For a while, it was a pretty cool place to do some things. "Stale" is
> an adjective I hadn't heard applied to Fox before. I think you may be
> on to something there.
I really don't mean to come off as anti-VFP or somehow "better" because
I've chosen not to use it for new development. VFP is an amazing
environment to produce killer apps in, and I miss it dearly!
It is only stale because of its steward, not because of the incredible
community of dedicated professionals surrounding it.
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