>As bad a perception that it makes, VFP is at it's heart, an xBase product. Without the xbaseness in it, you would not have all the local DBF handling.
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Not to mention continuing to support bad habits gained from long use of xBASE products. VFP could do with a little less 'backwards compatibility' in favor of a cleaner design and less baggagen from the distant past...


>>Please don't link VFP and XBase...that helps with it's bad perception. Microsoft has gone away from that link for good reason.
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