>>>>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.

Would you not agree that Java is the programming language of the web and therefore the programming language of the future? Yes VB has a presence in the web development market but it pales in comparison to Java's. VFP has very little if any presence in the web development market and certainly very little marketability as a web development tool/language.

I guess you're saying there's a shift in this movement. I hope you're right. I know that my company owns software written in VFP, PB/Oracle and VB but they're looking at their next generation web suite as a Java solution. All non-Java web development is in VB but is not being touted as next generation nor will it be promoted as such. The VFP and PB apps are either being converted to VB or phased out as legacy apps (in the case of VFP).

All I see in the paper for web development positions are listings for Java, C++ and Oracle developers with a few VB.

What a confusing time for a programmer!

Regards,

-JT