>>Among the list of new 'features' in Visual Basic.NET:
>>
>>- Default properties are no longer supported
>>
>>- Tests using AND and OR can now be short-circuited
>> (only the first condition will be tested if that's all that's necessary)
>>
>>- Functions use the RETURN clause instead of the function name
>>
>>- The Set keyword is no longer necessary for object assignments:
>>Set o = CREATEOBJECT("Whatever.Whatever")
>>is now
>>o = CREATEOBJECT("Whatever.Whatever")
>>
>>- Inheritance
>>
>>- Variables are passed ByVal by default
>>
>>
>>Anyone else see the pattern?
>
> Erik, as I understood, you want to say that VB now going quickly to be much similar as VFP?

I mean this, along with the new IMPLEMENTS as AS keywords in VFP, makes it look like the languages are converging before our eyes.