>>>For most apps the level of performance C/C++ provides doesn't matter. Yet, for several it is absolutely essential.
>>>There would be no Java without C/C++. There would be no .NET without C/C++. There would be no [insert other
>>>high level language here] without C/C++ at somewhere fundamental to the tool chain.
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>If my not mistaken (and I very well may be here - if so hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong) but think visual foxpro is written in come version of C too.
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I always assumed VFP, DBase, Windows etc were all written in C, C+ , C++ or whatever and that in fact that was the kind of stuff it was for.
Charles Hankey
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