Re: migrate FoxPro 3 programs to FoxPro 6

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

Even worse if you've been out about twelve years and the last time you wrote
a program is with clipper. That being said the learning curve was steep but
the rewards of oop are well worth it. Five to ten lines of code to do what
you're used to accomplishing in several hundred.

"Paul Pedersen" <no-reply@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23Z1XFZYjFHA.3336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> It's not just oop. ALL the computer world is like that. Be out of the loop
> for two years; when you get back, you're obsolete.
>
>
>
> "Alan Pengelly" <aNOpengellySPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:memo.20050719232243.1404L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In article
>> <#mwOdkKjFHA.3164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> no-reply@xxxxxxxx (Paul Pedersen) wrote:
>>
>> I took a week long course on VFP3 by Andy Kramek
>> and was dismayed that all that I had "become
>> proficient in" FPD2.6 (my quotes :-) ) was nearly
>> useless. I failed to make the mental jump then and
>> it set me back years. Still trying to catch up
>> even now with VFP9. <sigh> I still catch myself
>> writing a prg when I'm stuck.
>>
>>> *Date:* Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:30:35 -0700
>>>
>>>
>>> "Fred Taylor" <ftaylor@xxxxxxxx!REMOVE> wrote
>>> > in message
>>> news:OYeUoVHjFHA.132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > but I never used VFP3. It just wasn't ready
>>> > for "prime-time" IMHO.
>>>
>>> It wasn't perfect, but the switch to oo made it
>>> very useful. Back then, I had the opportunity
>>> to build a new project in 2.6, which I knew, or
>>> 3, which I didn't. I chose 3, and after I
>>> finally figured out why anyone would use object
>>> orientation, I considered it a huge
>>> improvement, and never looked back.
>>
>> regards
>> Alan
>
>


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Hat OOP Vorteile gegenueber prozeduraler oder modularer Programmierung?
    ... benutzte ich den Clipper 5.x, ... Es gab vom Sub-Dialog Return-Codes ... Damit konnte der Sub-Dialog den aufrufenden ... In Javas OOP ist durch die GUI's mit den ...
    (de.comp.lang.java)
  • Re: Learning VB.Net TUTORIAL
    ... I had no issue with OOP, however you ... comprehensive insights on guidelines for my learning curve.. ... to learn the basics of Object Oriented Programming. ... to design applications and computer programs. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb)
  • Re: Transfer file via modem to modem
    ... Hi Lauchlan, ... I think the learning curve is worthwhile, and for what it is perhaps ... anyone who knows OOP and Webservice ...
    (borland.public.delphi.thirdpartytools.general)
  • Re: Clipper exists?
    ... Just wanted to let you know Clipper is still alive and well. ... still maintaining a Clipper program for a fortune 500. ... As far as OOP ... had to include Straley's Clipper book. ...
    (comp.lang.clipper)
  • HELP: UML and RUP for CLIPPER?
    ... could anyone tell me if i can use uml and/or rup for clipper ... Or this methodology are only for OOP? ...
    (comp.object)