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by int_19h
1687 days ago
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Funny thing is, databases were tightly integrated into programming languages all the way back in 80s - that's exactly what dBase was, and why it became so popular. FoxBASE/FoxPro, Clipper, Paradox etc were all similar in that respect. And yes, it made for some very powerful high-level tooling. I actually learned to code on FoxPro for DOS, and the efficiency with which you could crank out even fairly complicated line-of-business data-centric apps was amazing, and is not something I've seen in any tech stack since. |
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> the efficiency with which you could crank out even fairly complicated line-of-business data-centric apps was amazing, and is not something I've seen in any tech stack since.
Did you ever get to try Delphi? Those "line-of-business data-centric apps" is what it was all about.
And I'm not quite sure, but I think and hope Free Pascal / Lazarus is close to that in ease and power.