>>It's really been quite nice. If any of you have been putting off learning C#, I would suggest you give it a try. It's very robust, and if you have any C/C++ knowledge, it's very straight-forward.
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>Yeah you are right, it is something that one should learn (it has been one of my realities besides VFP and Sql Server for sometime).
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>However, if you are starting now, then I suggest you to check and lean into non-MS languages. Give languages like Go, Dart, Python, Rust, ... a try. Although VFP, C# are my daily realities to work with, I am trying to learn Go and Dart (and Flutter). They seem to be better to me in many aspects (and postgreSQL for the database).
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>PS: I am keeping an eye on V. Not yet released but should be something that you like.

Thank you, Cetin. I've looked at Go and Rust from time to time, but haven't delved deep into them.

I had occasion to go back to Java here this past weekend, having not done much Java coding since 2011. I had always regarded Java fondly, but after having used C# I found Java significantly wanting.