>James,
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>1989 MS C 6.0 had a C++ precompiler ie it read C++ code and emitted C code that the compiler could then handle.
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>>I'm on a fact finding mission and I know this is the place to find the answer. Was VFP Micrsoft's first OOP programming language? I know VB (prior to .NET) was object based, but was VFP Microsoft's first OOP language offer to the development community? If it wasn't where in line did VFP fall regarding OOP?


Ok, how about this... VFP was the first in the Visual Studio Suite of products that used OOP technology. Would that be an accurate statement (even though VFP's inclusion in Visual Studio was short lived)?