We could go back and forth, but since the Foxpro conversion company could not think of any business case to convert when asked at SW Fox, and when I followed up with senior company execs they were also unable to answer but ended up saying "well, personal preference."

I guess they could not think up the reasons you can.

You repeat yourself by continuously claiming by converting you no longer needed to use multiple workarounds and kludges.

You could try not using kludges to begin with, cannot recall any instance where it was necessary.

>>You: But to reply to your wager: you would lose the bet.
>>Me. Never have yet
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>You: I would be willing to wager your conversion was not the rare exception.
>Me: You just lost, to me.
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>Our conversions have paid for themselves over and over again in productivity gains, application performance, end-user enhancements/satisfaction, and with far less hassle with, for just one example, not having to deal with multiple 3rd party add-on tools/workarounds/kludges. We are literally several times more productive in WinDev than in VFP in so many ways. But I repeat myself.
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>>>>IN my original postI I referred VFP + FiC, sorry if that was not clear. BTW, FiC is simply subclasses for some VFP base classes.
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>>>>Certainly I have classes I use repeatedly with VFP, but they are classes created in abd with VFP.
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>>>>While I can admit to a theoretical possible scenario where conversion makes sense, I have yet to see one. I have probably been involved with around 60-70 instances where I was able to shpw the error of conversion before it was too late.
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>>>>I would be willing to wager your conversion was not the rare exception. Usually conversions are "sold" either by unknowledgable developers or developers looking to make a buck. Never because of a business case for said conversion. A rep for a compay that advertises VFP conversions was at SW Fox a few years back with a list of credentials of impressive sounding conversions and tools. Yet he could not think of even one where there was a business case for the conversion. It is very rare.
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>>>As I said, re-write is a different discussion from the "VFP is the best" debate (which it is not). But to reply to your wager: you would lose the bet. We have been developing systems for the past 38 years and have re-written applications in newer development tools several times as the and when the newer tools presented a business case for the re-write. Usually the newer tools offered better functionality, simplified project and code management, greater platform flexibility, or whatever other benefits we felt worthwhile. We have never shied away from re-writes provided a business case to do so. This is not to argue for conversion all the time; each case must be considered on its merits.