>>What about us C-bodies? In spite of what markus says, sometimes there's enough time to write in C++!
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>I have respect for C++, but it would be my second choice after VFP and Java.
>Feel free to use Assembler language if you are so inclined. I've had a taste of microcode too. That was fun, but I don't think I'll be using it on my database apps in the foreseeable future.

There are some things which need C - FLLs, device drivers, processes which insist on free-threading and such benefit from C++, and I'm a far more proficient C++ author than Java. I probably know VB better than Java. OBTW, if you're staying in the .Net playground with MS product, can you say C#?