FAQ

[Bayron]

Hi everyone,

After buying many, many software titles, I have not seen the language that they where written on, with the exception of a couple, that I guess they are very proud of the language they developed on (Delphi)...
My understanding is that it doesn't matter what language you use, but the final application... but since I am very proud of the time and effort that (x)Harbour developers have put to it and of the attributes of the actual language, I will like to include this in the FAQ or my software...

FAQ
What programming language(s) do we use?
To achieve the best combination of technology, eficience and speed, we use:
FiveWin…
Is a xBase library binding (x)Harbour Project.
(x)Harbour…
Is a Free Open Source Multithread Virtual Machine, which produces .c portable code that can be compiled in Major C++ Compilers.
It can use different databases: dBase, MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, Postgress, FireBird, Access, etc.
It has native ADO, SQL and ODBC support.
Support modern tecnologies: Activex, OLE, XML, FTP, TCP/IP, etc.
Cross-platform: Pc 32/64-bit, Linux, Mac, etc.
It can create Console, GUI, Service, Mobile and Web Applications
Borland C++ 6.3
Last generation C++ compiller.

All of the source code generated is compiled in Ansi C to achieve maximum application’s speed…

Am I wrong somewhere???
Any sugestions are welcome...

[Rick Lipkin]

Bayron

One of the BEST features of [x]Harbour\FWH is that the application is ( generally ) a single self contained .exe that can be deployed anywhere WITHOUT the need of any run-time libraries or dot net framework!

That one statement to most Tech or IT people means a lot.

Rick Lipkin

[Bayron]

Nice one Rick, it does means a lot.

A new one will be:

Compiled App can be run in as low as 8MB of RAM without any performance impact.

[Antonio Linares]

A little suggestion:

FiveWin…
Is a xBase GUI library binding (x)Harbour Project, that provides native access to the Windows API without the need of any intermediate layer, which translates into a very fast performance.

The concept is: Windows API GUI native access, no need for intermediate layers, which means very fast execution.