>Hi folks,
>
>I'm happy I moved to python from VFP.
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/18/scripting_languages_in_the_enterprise/
>
>I note that they believe .Net still ahead.
>
>Johnf

I haven't learned Python well yet. There is a good course at www.udacity.com (from Stanford University) - for free. Look for introduction to computer science.

Some things I like about Python are:

The powerful eval() function, similar to Visual FoxPro.

Procedures can return multiple values. Most languages don't support this.

The scope of an IF, WHILE, procedure, etc. is determined by indentation.

Built-in support for complex numbers (not many uses in commercial applications; just a personal preference...)

Built-in support for calculations with numbers of any size.

Multi-platform support.

Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)