>>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...
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What bad habits? Using xBase code when a SQL solution is available? I always use SQL anyway, but The Hacker's Guide and Ed Pikman say that sometimes xBase is faster, or perhaps a combination.