>I know that most of you are not going to like this, I didn't like it either, but I had to tell a client to go with Delphi.
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>The bottom line in all cases was raw speed. I have been developing apps in VFP since version 3.0 was first shipped. Even after optimizing my code to death ( yes even with version 5.0a), I cannot achieve an overall speed performance that is comparable to a Delphi app.
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>If MS does not do something to give VFP a compiler type performance in its next version, VFP will get smashed against the wall.

It might help if you tell us what was excatly slow.