>"P-code works by compiling an application into an intermediate code format that is much more compact than 80x86 machine code. At link time, a small engine is built into your application that processes the p-code into native machine code during run time. Although there is an associated reduction in performance due to the extra step of interpretation, some simple techniques can minimize this effect."

I would be hesitant to assume that this is the same type of "p-code" technology utilized in VFP; the "p-code" above specifically relates to optimizations in C/C++ (and may even predate the acquisition of Fox by MS).

Besides, the VFP "engine" is anything but "small" and there are no facilities for generating "machine code" (as in VB via the VC compiler).