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Why would you want an app without a READ EVENTS command?
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11/07/1999 23:29:49
 
 
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09/07/1999 11:17:03
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
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00238317
Message ID:
00240046
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>Just my opinion, Vlad, but I think this was because it was DOS and not Windows. Programming stuff for Windows is just necessarily a lot more complex than straight DOS stuff, hence there will most likely be a lot of buggier code. I loved FPD 2.x myself!! I still have legacy FPD apps running that I may never bother upgrading to VFP.

I disagree with "necessarily". :) You may be right. I tend to believe (considering the code/programmers I've seen in the last 10 years) that the main reasons are:
- Programmers are required to produce much more in less time;
- Programmers take care much less of memory/processing waste;
- It's much easier today to say: "Sorry, this bug is a problem in Windows and not in my code." :)
- Almost all systems/applications are full of useless/fancy things/functionality. This was not the case with DOS applications.
- Generally, less quality is more and more accepted. (I am really amazed how some users can accept unacceptable bugs.)

Vlad
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