>>Anyone knows the background of the SYS() commands as to know why it has been done like that? Everytime I need to access one of them, I can't never remember what is the proper number to use. Why wasn't this done with function names that would have been easier to remember?
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>It was done initially for compatibility with dBase. This way new FoxBase function wouldn't interfere with future dBase functions.

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