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19/07/2000 04:39:56
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Don't see what all the angst is about:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jul00/PDCDeliversPR.asp

VFP is there - no C++, no J++ (obviously)

I saw verification in other rag links as well - just can't remember...


>Evan,
>
>I've had the question on the table publicly since last week -- long enough for Robert, Randy, or Ricardo to see it and respond. I suspect that either the answer about CLR is bad enough news that they don't want to say, or else it's very good news and they're waiting to amaze everyone at DEVCON.
>
>Unfortunately, my odds are on #1, and I think we'll see lots of hype about Web Services, and in the end, VFP will indeed be the only language on the planet not available on the CLR.
>
>Of course, MANY HERE are capable enough programmers to write a CLR-compatible compiler in a weekend probably, starting with a small subset of the language -- all we need to get that project going is the CLR spec and some LLFF's. How about it?
>
>
>>Arg... not in the common runtime. That VB cert is going to come in handy.
>>
>>P.S. Has anyone confirmed this with the foxteam?
>>
>>>http://www.devx.com/free/press/2000/meader.asx
>>>
>>>Plus to here about the new shared runtimes (fox not included) allowing for cross language inheritance is really exciting I think!
- Jeff
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