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>>>There is a common saying in the cultures of all of the peoples of this world: "The Jack of all trades is the Master of none."
>>>My objective in developing software is to deliver good products.
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>>My objective is also to deliver the best products I can, and to do this I (or people on my team) have to be familiar with many different technologies even if they are within the same language, IMHO you should find an appropriate tool for the problem at hand - even if it means another language,
>>just like you will not try to hammer a nail using a screwdriver ..
>>VFP (IMHO) is the best tool for data-driven apps, comparing it to VC++ or Delphi or even VB on a simple application (as you told Vinod)is just like comparing apples and oranges, VFP is not a general programming tool
>>when it comes to data-base apps - I think VFP is the best choice, you may think something else, and it is a free world, and you can use what-ever tool you think best fit your needs
>>this is not to say that I wouldn't be happy to see VFP run faster and/or with a native compiler, but there are other improvements of the product that are more important IMHO
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>Exactly!!!!
>The best tool for the job. If the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.
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>I'm using VFP because I'm doing funky things with large volumes of data which need to be presented prettily to a bunch of endusers at reasonable speed. If I was doing scientific data analysis with formulae and equations I'd use another language (actually -- I'd give the project to someone else )
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>Bottom line: I produce projects that my users can rely on to do the job as efficiently as possible on a PC. I've always managed my team with a good strong buggy whip Actually I've always been fortunate to have teams where cooperation and getting the job done were more important than ego-puffing. Maybe that's because I'm a woman and my management style is not that of most of the male team leaders/project managers I know who tend to be egotistical ass-coverers
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>Jen


oooooo. we're not all that bad...