hi,
thank you for reply, and informatin.
OOP mean ---->object orinted program or somthing else

have anice time.


>>hi all,
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>>I have submitted a project using Visual Fox Pro, and I am expecting to be asked why I have used this program language over any other, as a result, I need the benefits and advantages of Fox Pro over other similar software such as ( VB, VB.net, Oracle, Access, etc….)?
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>The "best" language to solve a problem is often the language you know best. I believe that at least Delphi and .NET are appropriate for similar tasks - but it would take months to get familiar with any one of them.
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>You really can't be expected to study half a year of Delphi, half a year of Access, half a year of .NET, and half a year of Oracle Developer, to decide which one is best for a small project - and this short list is part of a much longer list of existing programming languages.
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>Anyway, Visual FoxPro's advantages are fast data manipulation; a built-in database engine - but you can also connect to a separate database server; a solid implementation of OOP; it is relatively "light-weight", especially when compared with .NET; the built-in tools allow you to do almost anything you need (without requiring third-party tools) (using third-party tools is still recommended, though).
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>Many of its other features might be shared by many other languages, or be very subjective to evaluate.
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>It sure has some disadvantages too, mainly: It is designed to work only under Windows. That is the way it was designed, but some success has been reported in Windows emulators under Linux. I think you would have to use VFP 6 to work under Linux; later versions have more restrictive licensing conditions.