DW> My own experience is that one can become a much better programmer, in
 DW> the sense of being able to write programs quickly and reliably which
 DW> will efficiently perform any required task, by becoming really
 DW> proficient in one language rather than by messing around with a whole
 DW> lot of them. Half-learning QB, then half-learning VB, and
 DW> half-learning C++, and so on, is a lot less useful than knowing any
 DW> one of them really well. If you know QB then, generally speaking,
 DW> stick to it. Don't let
 DW> yourself get blown this way and that by the winds of trendy fashion.
I think I am talking about something else.  Programming logic must be
learned somehow.  Few people are prepared in regular schooling to think
the way a programmer has to think - with rigorous logic.  Learning that
on your own requires and environment in which trial and success can
flourish.  To that end, *any* language can be used and once that logical
approach has been mastered it is transferable to any other language,
don't you think?
QB just seems to me to be a good place to do that.
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