>>>>I don't think VFP is a test case for VB. Inheritance and polymorfism are one of the most important reasons to start OO-programming. This is not just a feature it is a must. The reason Microsoft is putting this into Visual Basic is because they need to battle Java.
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>>>They are the most requested enhancement for VB. Java is turning out to be a non-battle. The "write once, run anywhere" idea of java isn't working. It should really be "write once, debug everywhere".
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>>Where did you here this or where can I found more information on this subject ?
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>Just reading industry magazines. The Java camp is starting to fall apart. Sun has authorized diverging versions of Java for different machines...in other words, they are sanctioning exactly what they sued MS for doing.

IMO, it's a maturity issue. Remember JAVA is just in it's infancy v.2.0. VB is now 6.0. as well as VC++. Linux for example has also varied versions but they've the same architecture.