1) From an article on VB6 by Keith Pleas in the "Gest Opinion" in the same page:

"VB6 also sports some interesting advancements in object-oriented
programming (OOP). The VB team was able to add inheritance by
taking it directly from Visual FoxPro, where it was already working
pretty well."

Pretty soon those programmers will be getting inheritance religion...

2) MS did VB programmers a favor with inheritance but at the same time changed the rules on them as it seems to do with each new version. Look at this:

"Starting with VB 6.0, Microsoft is finally dropping support for Jet,
DAO, and RDO: the only supported data access engine going
forward will be ADO. Although this will require a code rewrite for
most applications, Microsoft will ease the transition by providing a
new code-migration wizard based on the Office "Clippit" character."


>>>>That said, I am bailing on the flame war as I have plain run out of time.
>>>
>>>What?!?!? Don't be a WIMP!!!! Stick in there and fight!!!
>>
>>Well, I did'nt exactly bail. I laid down a challenge to Karl Peterson - or anybody else that would like to engage me in a point/counter-point style article. Here is the text of that challenge:
>>
>>Wimp is an interesting term. I will set that aside for now. I will lay down
>>the gauntlet right here... right now. You pick a neutral publication -
>>perhaps Software Development. You and I will square off - point
>>counter-point style. You can take the position that VB is OO and I will take
>>the counter position - using VFP as a reference point of OO - as it is both
>>the other tool I know and use and it is the OO tool that is most akin to
>>VB. I hope you did'nt take offense at that. We will keep our arguments to 2
>>pages - and if you can - try to avoid name calling and stick to the facts.
>>We will write our positions and let the readers decide. I figure folks will
>>fall into 4 categories: Don't Care, Don't Know, Yes - VB is OO, or No - VB
>>is not OO.
>>
>>By the way - in case you thought I was a VFP-only zealot - you would be
>>incorrct. Just so everybody knows - I think VB is a very good tool with
>>lots of great features. Heck - over 50% of my development is VB related. It
>>(VB that is) just isn't OO. OO is the context of my argument. My debate is
>>with those who contend it (VB that is) is OO. My debate is also with those
>>who give sessions or write books on VB and OO.
>>I know that many in the development don't care. I also know that many in the
>>development community do care about this argument.
>>
>>So, do you accept my challenge - or - are you going to be known as the guy
>>in the VB world that backed down to this so-called VFP wimp - and be a wimp
>>yourself?
>>
>>So far, I have not heard from Karl - but another guy jumped in to do this. Now I have to pitch the idea to a few folks to see if I can get this published.
>>
>>Also, when VBIT's hits NY, I may throw an offer out to Fawcette to see if they would let me do a Midnight Madness session on who OO really is and to keep things as close to home as possible - how VFP implements it. It would be real interesting to see if they took me up on that.
>>
>>Let the games begin...
>>
>>Later....