>Is Python a "language"? My reckoning is that the basic difference between our beloved VFP and other "tool" platforms is that VFP (aside from great and discrete GUI properties (format, margin,inputmask and property triggers - etc) is that VFP offers us the command window and a native database with a record pointer. The OOP scripting capabilities are fairly comprable.
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>Is Python a "programming" language? Does it have a record pointer?

Yes, Python is indeed a programming language. It does have an interactive interpreter (a command window), however, it does not have native database support like VFP does. It can connect to almost any database, though, such as MySQL, SQL Server etc.

Eyvind.