>>Hi JohnK,
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>>You are focussed on the "can be hidden...". I read "It packages data, and the methods that act on that data..." and I see that as very different (potentially) than VFP.
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>>Craig says that Ballmer included UI OOP, so I guess that my "observation/conjecture" is incorrect (on the other hand, Craig did say that VB would never have OOP < s >).
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>No, I didn't. I said that for VB to have OOP, it would require a major rewrite of the product (the kernal to be precise) and because of that, I didn't think it would get it. Obviously, they did the major rewrite.

Craig,

Just for clarification, what's the difference between kernel with kernal? Or,is there such a term kernal? I tried finding the term 'kernal' in Word thesaurus but to no avail.