Thanks Francois.
Regards,
Gerard




>Nice set of answers.
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>May I add something concerning ruby itself. Ruby specifically appeals to perl users. It delivers to them what perl 6 was not able to in terms of "new programming paradims". I have tried perl and stopped within a month. Never appealead to me because of the coding style. But as they say within the "open source" communities, if "it fits your brain better", just use it. It's free:)
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>If you are a VFP and want something that would match a fox programming style I recommend you try python. It's much easier from a VFP perspective... Should you wish to try an equivalent to "ruby on rails" within the python arena, there is a host of choices as well:
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>http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebProgramming
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>and on web frameworks more specifically:
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>http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks
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>Remember that google is a significant python shop. Guido Van Rossum (python benevolent dictator) is at google. Not a faint reference!