>Cut this from a recent job post on Monster.com for a VFP/VB programmer in Miami:
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>"The application was written in Microsoft's Visual FoxPro V 6.0 and will require some modifications to make it operational. The client also would like the candidate to have Visual Basic experience to enable them to plan for the future migration from FoxPro to a more modern language. "
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>I'm unclear as to what they would gain by moving an app written to track data, to Visual Basic. Can anyone explain?
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>PF

Perry;

It appears obvious to me that VFP is “not a modern language”. Visual Basic is “the language of the future”. You see, VFP 7.0 has been released and is therefore “old”. VB 7.0 is yet to be released so it is “new”. So new that it is not yet for sale. In fact I understand the final version of VB 7.0 will differ from the Beta in some ways.

Now with those thoughts in mind everyone should migrate to VB, unless you like to work with "old tools". If you want antique tools use Visual Basic 6 or even Visual Basic 1.

Tom