Is it just me or is

REPLACE ;
field1 with expression1, ;
field2 with expression2 ;
field3 with expression3 ;
IN alias

You can't get the fields out of synch with the values.

Easier to read/maintain/modify than:

INSERT INTO alias ;
(field1, ;
field2, ;
field3) ;
VALUES ;
(expression1, ;
expression2, ;
expression3)

If the field list gets out of synch with the values, that's going to be messy. Not only that, but with a longer list of fields, the chances of error goes up.

Besides the advantages of doing the equivalent of an append blank and a replace all at the same time AND SQL compatibility, what other benefits are there to INSERT in VFP?