>>Would one still use VFP if one follow every new idea?
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>Accepting new ideas does not mean follow it, or even agree with it.
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>What you write is exactly what seems awkward to me on this forum (like on most others in the VFP community) - people arguing whether others are right or wrong - not exactly the purpose of a chatter ...
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>if my understanding of English is correct, chattering means talking about everything and nothing, just like in an usual tea-time conversation.
>Also means adding to other people's argument rather than trying by any mean to prove them wrong.
>And also insist on points of agreement rather than making sure to have another argument to prove you're right.
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>We could learn much more from threads like 'Docker' with less argument.

I would claim that follow might not be read by you as I wrote it.

It was ironical - but not only.

What you observe is, in my opinion, a result of this.
There are the ones that jump on every train and the ones that are left over when the tracks are removed. Both are a extreme in a Gaussian distribution.
And there is a coincidence with that extreme behaviour and other lineaments. So now the left over has a huge majority of the ones that reject new ideas - for the one or the other reason. Also this right or wrong thing is pronounced.

I think you will not find much tea time chattering folks here. This was invented for noble do-nothings - and this is something you can hardly accuse the people here.
Keyboarding for just changing nothing? I need to put my brain on for english and then nothing? Shudder.

Docker is in my scotoma. To much argument.

But we will not change mankind anyway. I've tried to skip physical education but it was not of much help.