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- From: xman@dynamix.com (John P Bankert)
- Subject: Re: Info on FilePro
- Organization: SOFTWARE / DYNAMIX
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 7:19:39 EST
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- > I have one of those love/hate things with Filepro. Love it for what it
- > does well (a lot), hate it for it's failings (which get fewer and fewer
- > with every release, but are still enough to be frustrating).
-
- I'd have to agree with this. FP is wonderful, but every once in a while,
- these nagging stupid little things jump up and whap you in the keister,
- making you want to curse the day FP was hatched.
-
- > It has been my experience that people who are used to Dbase-like code
- > have real trouble getting into Filepro. Filepro has a different perspective
- > on everything, and the adjustment is difficult.
-
- Well, I don't know if I can agree with this one. I did some signifigant
- development under dbase III+, and I found the transition relatively
- painless.
-
- > On the other hand, those DB types that have stuck with the pain have
- > (usually) come to love it and won't go back.
-
- not ever, never. In fact, that's usually the favorite idle office threat
- to scare the programmers - we're going to find a big Dbase client and make
- *you* the programmer on the project. This usually evokes screams of
- terror.
-
- > I wish it were cheaper, I wish it handled variables better, I wish
- > I could call it from C, I wish I could control what gets added to an index
- > programmatically, and I wish a half dozen other things.
-
- submit your wishes to Smallco. They're getting ready to start work on the
- next release. Make your wishes known, although I'm not too sure about that
- first one.
-
- > But I still use it :-)
-
- give me Filepro, or give me death! Just call me another satisfied
- customer.
-
- john
-
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