Linux is written in C (not C++), and has nearly 10,000 separate contributors from more than 1,000 companies (since 2005):
http://www.muktware.com/2013/09/who-writes-linux/1320

It is my hope with Visual FreePro that once I get enough of the base/framework written that people with far less experience in C/C++ development will be able to use the template examples I've given to add their own contributions. For example, if we consider the ABS() function, it takes one input which must be numeric. This is similar to the SIGN() function, which also takes one input which must be numeric. By me writing the code to handle ABS(), others can see how I did that and write the code for SIGN(), allowing me to review the source code submission, and approve it, or edit it, or suggest a different approach, so that it can be received. And for every type of function in VFP it can be done that way in VFrP.

By working together ... this project can be completed much more quickly, with each of us having a sense of pride and accomplishment, and feeling a connection to the work that's been done, the sharing, the "VFrP community" at large. It just takes me first doing the really really hard part of building the framework, and then the rest is relatively easy, and this hard part is the part that will take a few months of full-time development.

In the meantime, anyone can track my development progress by downloading Visual Studio 2008 Express:
http://www.libsf.org/software/other/microsoft/visual-studio-2008-express-enu-x1397868.iso

    Here's a how-to install video:
    http://www.visual-freepro.org/videos/2013_02_08__how_to_install_vs2008_express.ogv

And then install Git and clone the LibSF software repository from GitHub:
http://www.visual-freepro.org/videos/2013_02_09__how_to_install_git.ogv

And then opening the project buildall.sln, building in release mode. Then opening the project vvm.sln, building in debug mode.

C:\> git clone https://github.com/RickCHodgin/libsf.git
C:\> cd libsf\vvm\core
C:\libsf\vvm\core> dir *.sln
   Directory of C:\libsf\vvm\core

  06/22/2013  11:28 AM     10,642   buildall.sln
  06/22/2013  05:47 PM      6,810   vvm.sln

That is the location of the Visual Studio development. There are other software programs in the tree as well. Windows Explorer will give you a guide.

-----
If any of you would like to see the work you've done over the past 25 years be maintained, then consider contributing to the Visual FreePro project. I realize that each of us individually may not be able to contribute much, but if many come together and contribute a little, it is possible.


-----
>You cannot write a thing like this with a framework. He writes with C, not even C++ . It's a really hard and hard job.
>
>>There is always a first. I would say it depends mostly on how many resources are available (people and time) and which tools are used. We have done projects with minimum personnel and limited time in a period that was 20 times less than another team with many developers could achieve simply because we could make use of a stable framework which could easily be adapted to the project and provided all the necessary tools.
>>
>>I think the biggest problem would be if the project has to be done besides of a regular job because there is no funding. If the project IS the regular job then the chance of success is much more realistic. So that would be my worry in this particular case, and that probably was the cause of failure with the previous attempts by Christopher etc.
>>
>>>I had said you, it's impossible to finish this project in your spare time. You need a team which will work fulltime... You won't finish this lesser version too, like others (etec, Christopher's Guineu...), sorry...