Le 09/10/2017 à 12:57, Paul Hemans a écrit :
The VFP community which is now quite small
Rather than small, I would say that the number of leaders is small, mainly because -- in my eyes -- the 'elite' of the community is reluctant to renew itself, and accept new members, new ideas, new ways to move forward.
eg., Chen of Baiyujia has done an **incredible job** with VFP C++ compiler and VFP advanced -- he has done things that no one would ever have thought possible, just because he was *convinced* it was possible. Chen has posted articles about his work for at least 7 years (mainly on Foxite).
The 2017 'Hard to kill' book by Whil Hentzen does not even mention VFP C++ compiler and VFP advanced!!
The whole book should have been dedicated to this invention, to the incredible opportunities it brings, how we could interest young guys on a language that we compile ourserves, and tweak in almost all directions as we want regardless of what large corporations tell us to do. There should be tens of developers offering Chen to help somehow and enjoying this revival.
Instead of betting on its strength, this community has accepted its death sentence as inevitable and is somehow waiting in the death row, just telling stories about the good old times when we could run a full accounting package with 1k RAM. on a Commodore bought at Radio Shack.
Still time to lift the head up.
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