At 08:07 2019-11-26, Koen Piller <koen.piller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>OK alright. My first impression on Alan's remark was a negative, meaning
>negative in the sense of the product, like this product is a hack, it is no
>good to use. Now meanwhile I have looked around and found on Wiki an
>explication of 'hack' :* Hacking is finding applications that are not
>intended by the creator of the resource, especially with regard to
>computers. Complexity does not play a role here, on the contrary, easy and
>fast alternative solutions are preferred. The use of a clothes peg to
>prevent a trouser leg from coming between a bicycle chain is basically a
>hack. "Normal" inventions and improvements are therefore not hacks, as long
>as they are used for what they are made for.*
>This makes me think Alan is not correct and I conclude VFPA is an
>improvement.
>Besides, the history of Alan's use: since 1991, I am proud to tell you I
>was there before 1990, started with dBaseII jumped from dBaseIV to FoxPro
>for DOS into now VFP9SP2.
Newbie! I started with dBASE II version 2.02 which was
apparently the very first version.
If it is modification of a binary, it is a hack. It might be a
very good hack because of improvements it makes, but it is still a hack.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko