>There's no mention of "inexperienced developers" here.
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>No, but there are absolute pronouncements supported by exaggerated competence payloads including reference to "substantial" development. None of that is necessary to convey an opinion.
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>Rephrasing sample:
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>After 4 years of C# I feel as confident in C# as I did in VFP. In fact, I'm finding that I can do stuff with C# that I struggled to do with VFP. (ideally insert examples here) LINQ and WPF have made it even easier to do the things I need. For these reasons, I would never consider starting a new project in VFP."
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>I guess I'm saying that when people complain about wasps, only the wasp insists that it's the buzzing that offends them. ;-)

I'm glad that at least afe people here see exactly what I was irritated by. Had he written something along the lines you suggested here I would have been silent. Simple as that.