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Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived

487 points · 270 comments · boredjohnny

  1. rufugee · · focus · HN ↗
    We run 500 KLOC of FoxPro at my company, daily. It is the engine that fuels a $500M business.

    I hate that it's the hand I'm dealt, but aside from AI rewrites (underway), there's no good answer. It's complicated by our reliance on DBFs.

    I welcome efforts like foxscript and anything else in this space. There are still a significant number of FoxPro apps out there and no one has a good answer. If you are struggling in this space, leave a comment here. I'll reach out to you. Strength in numbers...

    1. sm-silversight · · focus · HN ↗
      Would you trust foxscript? I'm curious if this is just a wide-net data exfil attempt.
      1. boredjohnny · · focus · HN ↗
        Fair concern. MIT licensed, all source code on Github for audit. Only Nodejs + a Rust toolchain is required to compile it. On windows (for the FLL bridge) it needs Visual Studio C++ tools
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