Andy, I thought my point was obvious. I was trying to draw out some
comments on the pros and cons of considering Java as a web language.
Since this is a VFP forum and one that I subscribe to I was soliciting
opinions from VFP users with a similar background. I use VFP as my
primary development tool and will continue to do so. Unfortunately,
I will not be able to use VFP or VB (another popular M$ product) on
a UNIX box.

See the great reply from Robert Horkay - that is what I was after...

>>Thought I would start a new thread regarding the merits of the above languages. There seems to be a lot of disucssion of various language pros/cons with >the advent of the impending new VFP 7 release.
>
>>In the near future I will be able to use a large UNIX box for web development. Since neither VFP or VB run on UNIX/Linux I am probably
>>going to learn to program in Java.
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>>What are the reasons to learn or not learn one of the languages?
>>What are some other languages choices that run applications on both UNIX and NT servers? I have listed some minor pros and cons for each. I'm sure there are >may others out there. Your thoughts?
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>>VFP:
>>Pros - been around long time, OOP, data centric
>>Cons - Windows only, not as widely used as VB
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>>VB:
>>Pros - large number of developers, M$ favorite, VBA used in Office
>>Cons - Windows only, not data centric
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>>Java
>>Pros - OOP, platform independent, widely used on the Net
>>Cons - immature language, not data centric
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>
>... and your point would be.... what?