> VB compiles to machine code and 3rd party tests show execution times rival c++, whereas VFP interprets almost everything,

Isn't it amazing that the argument is reversed now than what we used to say about VB3 / 4? THAT was interpreted code.

Don't get too carried away with VB's "p-code" and "native code" options. It would take a very specialized function to really take advantage of one over the other.