>>VFP just got the ability to create apartment model COM objects in V6 when VB could do it in 1997. It doesn't interact 100% with other/custom COM objects,
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>They pretty much do now. VFP 7 has string typing, interface inheritance, and gobs of other COM and typelib improvements. The only thing missing IMO is freethreading, and even that has relatively few necessary uses.
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>>they are only upgrading the internal interfaces and language, and not the user interface portions and development designers of the language.
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>You don't think that the most advanced IntelliSense known to man is an developer interface improvement?

IntelliSense is a huge improvement, it's just that it and the other features that you mentioned are about 3 (4 by the release) years behind, IMHO.