>I would not use C# for database applications for the same reasons I would not use C++.

And what are those reasons?

I think once you examine the reasons more you will see they don't apply as well to C# as they did to C++... could be wrong. In either case, you have to remember C# has the same frame work as VB.NET, same runtime as VB.NET, same IDE as VB.NET. The difference being you hit the semi colon more regularly, you have to spell things right, and instead of typing out "END FUNCTION" you hit "}". And you never have to see "Dim" *g*

>Second, I don't like the syntax idiosyncracies (sp??) of C#. Now that is simply a preference on my part.

Understood. Hopefully, you will take your own advice and not use this as a reason to create a rule on what place each langauge belongs, which is what we're talking about. Unless there is a specific difference that puts C# at a specific disadvantage, which we have both admitted to not being aware of any.

>First, if you have "successfully completed" a conversation, there would be no need to avoid problems...right? Completion in my mind is a terminal event.

Yes, it was a light hearted comment with the intent of invalidating your claim.

>Second, the marathon racer who finished dead last "successfully completed" the race in spite of the fact that the runner did not win.

Fortunately, I'm not racing anyone.