Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.clipper.visual-objects > #621

Re: Migration VO2.5b3 to 2.8

Show all headers | View raw

Geoff,

You might have a point, but VO is a bit more than the compiler only.

Erik





"Geoff Schaller"  wrote in message 
news:4d94f573$0$88196$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net...

Extreme eh? So now Meinhard is a C++ expert in the VO compiler.
Hmmmm.....

It took Robert several years to get to the point where could
successfully add new bugs to VO. Are you suggesting that Meinhard can
come up to speed in just a few weeks?

Geoff



"ER!k \/!$$ER" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:8villvFpo2U1@mid.individual.net:

> Geoff,
>
> Perhaps you've missed the message Meinhard is now working for Grafx.
> He does have knowledge and experience on VO to an extreem level.
>
> Erik
>
>
>
>
> "Geoff Schaller"  wrote in message
> news:4d9244f3$0$88196$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net...
>
> Sarcastic! Give a guy a break <g>.
>
>
> Go 2.8 - you must. Despite the initial pain and effort it will be worth
> it. Make sure no errors are excluded and all warnings as errors. You
> won't regret the stability it achieves.
>
> Unfortunately 2.8 itself still has a few annoying bugs but we have been
> promised no more- VO doesn't even have a developer any longer. Not a
> genuine one with experience at any rate. So its all over. 2.8 is the end
> of the line.
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> "George" <george@elfin.ru> wrote in message
> news:45f99912-1567-4a13-848b-768b3f94cbbf@k22g2000yqh.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> > Hi everybody,
> > I've been away from this NG for some years. Nice to see that nothing
> > changed: VO is still dying, community is still shrinking, patches
> > still not coming, and when they do, bring new bugs. The next company
> > still wants to stop development. Geoff is still sarcastic. Guys who
> > left VO many years ago are still here. Everithing goes in its usual
> > way, and it gives me sense of stability and confidence that VO is
> > forever.
> > I decided to migate a huge application with megabytes of business
> > logic and hundreds of screens from 2.5b3 to something more fast and
> > stable. It still crashes sometimes due to 5333 error. Rewriting it in
> > C# is not realistic.
> > Can anybody please give me an advice, does it make sense to port it to
> > 2.8?
> >
> > George Razutov 

Back to comp.lang.clipper.visual-objects | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Re: Migration VO2.5b3 to 2.8 "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx@softwarexobjectives.com.au> - 2011-03-29 20:45 +0000
  Re: Migration VO2.5b3 to 2.8 E®!k \\/!$$E® <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-03-31 08:35 +0200
    Re: Migration VO2.5b3 to 2.8 "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx@softwarexobjectives.com.au> - 2011-03-31 21:43 +0000
      Re: Migration VO2.5b3 to 2.8 E®!k \\/!$$E® <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-04-01 09:03 +0200
        Re: Migration VO2.5b3 to 2.8 "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx@softwarexobjectives.com.au> - 2011-04-01 23:18 +0000

csiph-web