>>Without a native compiler, VFP is dead. The only people keeping it alive are the people who can give lip service.
>Asif,
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>Show me any product even with a "native compiler" that can process data as fast as VFP.

Please take a look at Delphi 3 Client/Server. Also take a look a your local newspaper for decent programming jobs. You won't find too many VFP offers. However there will be plenty of VC++ , Power Builder, and Delphi offers. Also go to your local book store and library, and compare the the number of books on the shelves and those in circulation among the three languages I have listed above.

I have no complaints with the Rushmore database engine. However, when it comes to the code that we put into forms and Stored Procedures, the speed in that case sucks.