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

Hacker News | Sep 22, 2026 | boredjohnny

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It is why a table stops at two gigabytes, why a memo file stops at two gigabytes, and why a big report runs out of memory on a machine with plenty to spare. One thing to know before you lean on it: a table grown past two gigabytes will not open in Visual FoxPro again. There is no second model kept in step with the first, which is the usual place a form and its designer start telling different stories. The 32-bit bridgeYour old libraries still load, though nothing here is 32-bitAn .

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