VFP 9 SP1 beta released

VFP9 SP1 beta is now available for download at msdn.com. Full list of bug fixed could be found here.

Drew Speedie Tragedy

Drew Speedie, the architect and primary developer of the Visual Maxframe Professional VFP framework and his son found dead under the bridge in Yellowstone Park. :'(

Till now, Park is still seeking on how their died.

[Source : Drew Speedie Tragedy]

Project LINQ

Native 'data engine' in .NET?
Yag blogged

The Language Integrated Query framework (the LINQ Project) is a set of language extensions to C# and VB and a unified programming model that extends the .NET Framework to offer integrated querying for objects, databases and XML. Basically, instead of writing your queries in strings, you can now do them directly in the language of your choice.

Dim SmallCountries = Select Country _
From Country In Countries _
Where Country.Population < 1000000

This VB9 syntax look like SQL statement, and look similar as what we are doing now in VFP. I like it! However, C# is abit un-readable for me. Why? Is C developer using special way to read code?