Amanda,

I think it's best to be great at 1 or 2, good at a couple of others and know a few others. It really does help to understand multiple languages. It gives you a handle on the strengths and weaknesses of each which so you can choose the right tool for a given problem. I also think it helps you write better overall code if you aren't mono-lingual. VFP can be made to do darn near anything you want, but it isn't always the best. I've been programming since 76, used more than 20 languages and several "dialects" in several of them. I've done significant amounts of work in 7 languages. Most of the time I primarily use one language, but have had times where I was doing 2 or 3 at once.

>Hi! I have a question for everyone who has been programming for a while (or at least more than me).
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>I've been working with VFP for almost 8 months now and am taking some classes at Purdue in VB. I first started out (in school) taking C and Cobol but they dumped that and went to VB.
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>My question is: long-term wise, is it better to be really great at one language (VFP) and kinda good at another (VB) or to know both good (but not great)?
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>I guess I'm looking for advice on whether to throw myself into both or to just try and get to be wonderful at one.
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>Any advice would be greatly appreciated!