It mostly characterizes these 'gurus' as friendly and decent people.

>I've talked to several VFP "gurus" who have had to go in behind other "gurus" and clean up their mess. I was told that the code was so bad, they pretty much started over. The project I'm thinking of was for a large, US-based entertainment company.
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>>Doesn't stop Walter, et.al. either. Most mom and pop's use VFP stuff:
>>1. Because most VFP programmer's work cheap
>>2. Because it doesn't matter how much spaghetti code is written
>>3. Because anybody can do it.
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>>If your code is put to rigorous coding standards and review, most VFP code wouldn't hold up, with the exception of a number of good 3rd party tools. I have had to fix a few VFP code nightmares created by some BIG consulting firms who specialize in VFP.
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>>VFP lets you make poor programming choices and then doesn't penalize you for it.