>>"Memory" # RAM! On newer phones internal flash got a boost, if you can believe benchmarks, but the "Disc" analogue IMO is mSDxc "memory".

But is this a distinction the developer can use? As you note, client dev used to involve quick memory and slow disk and even slower network- so that effective/encapsulated local caching was a tremendous benefit. That was forgotten/disappeared when a generation of "gurus" whose skill mostly involved presenting vendor viewpoints, replaced the proper gurus who really were exceptional back in the day. Some of those VFP luminaries were stellar compared to what passes for expertise today.

>>Any chance Chen can port the non GUI part of Vfp C++ to ARM compiler infrastructure ? I realize that OS-bound things like getenv() and other stuff will need work. Had something either a good idea or a brain fart this weekend, trying to decide which , as Lianja seems still to mirror MS in the disdain for client side persistable structured storage...

You could ask... he does offer paid support packages and responds very quickly if one of the subscribers raises something. My own experience is turn-around times of a day or two, most recently last week regarding compilation of COPY TO ARRAY, believe it or not. ;-)