What is The Difference Between Visual FoxPro And M, Programming Languages

Visual FoxPro is a Compiled Programming Language, while M is an Interpreted Programming Language

What are Compiled Programming Languages

A compiled language is a programming language whose implementations are typically compilers (translators that generate machine code from source code), and not interpreters (step-by-step executors of source code, where no pre-runtime translation takes place). (Wikipedia)

What are Interpreted Programming Languages

An interpreted language is a programming language for which most of its implementations execute instructions directly, without previously compiling a program into machine-language instructions. The interpreter executes the program directly, translating each statement into a sequence of one or more subroutines already compiled into machine code. (Wikipedia)

While Visual FoxPro is a Compiled Programming Language, and M is an Interpreted Programming Language

Let us now look at the difference between the two:

What is Visual FoxPro Programming Language – A brief synopsis

It is an object-oriented and procedural programming language derived from FoxPro. It is integrated with a relational database system of its own and does not require an additional programming environment. It supports dynamic programming.

What is M Programming Language – A brief synopsis

M is short for MUMPS, a programming language created for the health care industry. Neil Pappalardo, the founder of medical information technology and his associates developed the M language.