Really amazing your email! Could you send to us some screeenshoots of this system?
Do you have some problems with the database files or some limitations because of this technology? Tell me more, I work as developper here in Canada I really like this kind of situation Ps: Sorry about my bad english Le jeu. 16 févr. 2023 à 12:43, Jürgen Wondzinski <juer...@woody-soft.de> a écrit : > Just to chime in: There's still software in use written in FoxPro/DOS from > 1994 :) > > In fact, I'm just upgrading and enhancing such a package. It's running > from an USB-Stick (with FreeDos of course), which is plugged into a > smallsized HP ThinClient. That beast is used in Delivery-cars, which sell > flowers to gas-stations all over Germany. It will get replaced by a WebApp > on Ipads, but until then it is doing it's job now since 25 years :) > > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2023 01:31 > An: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Betreff: Re: [Freedos-user] Anyone want to write an article about FreeDOS? > > Hi, > > From a practical standpoint, the only "Turbo Pascal for DOS" that is > readily available anymore is "old 5.5" (freeware, non-redistributable). So > it's not even the full TP 7 dialect. So you do get actual improvements and > newer features in other compilers with their "turbo" dialect (e.g. FPC). > > Even ignoring FPC (which is wonderful), the "de facto" Pascal standard > long ago was "turbo" in lieu of either of the "official" standards (ISO > 7185, 10206). Even Niklaus Wirth himself (whose birthday is > today!) long ago jumped ship to other languages (e.g. Oberon-07). > > Heck, Delphi is 28 years old as of yesterday! (Quoting Marco Cantu): > "As a commenter wrote, Delphi was VB done right. With the original native > VB long abandoned by Microsoft, and VB.NET 'nearly frozen', Delphi has > kept more steam and has remained a viable option over the years." [FPC > supports a large subset of Delphi.] > > So why use old dialects at all? Part of it is just a challenge to see if > it can be done. Part of it is just minimalism or reducing complexity or > avoiding unnecessary modern features. It's also just for strict > compatibility (rarely needed but still valid). > > A newer language or toolset doesn't necessarily share all the advantages > of the older one. There are advantages and disadvantages to each. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- *Roni Martins * | Software Development and Research | T: +1 418 2613965 | e-mail: roni.jose.mart...@gmail.com | web site: http://www.ronimartins.com | LinkedIn Profile: *https://br.linkedin.com/in/ronimartins <https://br.linkedin.com/in/ronimartins>*
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