>Hi Rob ---
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>>PMFJI: Actually, as I recall, legend has it that the original genesis of SYS() was a way to put specific functionality into FoxBase without losing dBASE compatibility every time Ashton-Tate decided to screw with the commands and functions behaviour to try to break FoxBase by adding its own definition of a command that Dr. Dave added to FoxBase...
>
>AFAIK, this is more or less true. I seem to recall seeing an explanation years ago that the SYS functions were where Fox-specific stuff would be placed to maintain a general xbase compatibility.
Hi John:
Yeah, that's a more diplomatic way of putting it...
Rob
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