>>>>The original poster's question was "or i have to learn another language" - well the answer is "no, you don't have to, but there will always be recommendations to use something else".
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>>>I don't have to drive a car, either. I could walk everywhere. That wouldn't make it the smart thing to do.
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>>>Good lord, there are some argumentative people here ;-)
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>>1) I don't believe in benign masters. They may be well intended, but they still issue commands for other people to perform for their own benefit, which is not exactly the most ethical behavior I can imagine.
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>>2) beyond the comma, hey, I get to poke you in the rib every now and then for going over to the dark side :).
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>>3) I got finger slapped before for veering off the subject and "that was not the question", so for once I had the pleasure of steering the dispute back to the question, which wasn't "is there anything better" but "do I have to learn another language". So I indulged :).
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>It doesn't feel like the dark side at all to me. But thanks for poking me in the ribs anyway ;-)

I was thinking of quitting Fox when M$ bought it. The trouble was in the few dozen apps we had done in it already... so we crossed the fingers and went on; I closed my eyes and did not jump... and the ride lasted far longer that I could imagine.