>>>Regarding VFP, for me the transformative event was MS' development of SQL Server.
>>>Once I saw its benefits I determined to stop using DBF's.
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>Agreed- preference for C/S was cemented during VFP3 Beta with customers urged then required to move content to C/S before end of century.
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>However, we still use dbfs for static lookups (preferably embedded in an exe) with blistering performance on modern mostly under-utilized workstations.

True that. Did if often when i was still working. Blindingly fast it was.
EXTERNAL PROCEDURE c:\*.dbf