>Programming is a discipline that is independant of the language that is used. A good programmer will be good in any language they use and a poor programmer will be poor regardless of the language.

This, I agree with completely.

>Learning a second, third, or fourth langauge is not a prohibitive endeavor. I would venture to say that most of the high quality programmers in the world use more than one language. A good carpenter needs more than a hammer and a good programmer needs more than one langauge.

This, I disagree with.

In the past 3.5 years, I've programmed almost exclusively in VFP. I did a small Access system and I made a few modifications to a VB system that I made for my home business. And I looked as some Pascal and VC++ code to try to help debug. Over 99% of my programming time has been with VFP in the past 3.5 years.

Before this job, I used C++ for DOS apps and VB for Windows apps. I have also learned the basics of several other languages over the years.

I have not needed more than one language to do my job. And our system has not suffered because it is all done in VFP. We use a contract programmer that has been around since before my time here to do any DOS and VC++ programming we require. I just don't have a need to learn another language. This is driven by the company's needs. I can't help it; that's just the way it is.

IMHO, there are exceptions to your statement.

Take care,
Joe