"VB's easy nature means the bad programmers flocked to it in unprecedented numbers." -- I'm not sure if I want to agree with this or take offense at it... so I'll agree with it and be offended at the same time. When it comes to bad habits, there's a fair amount of blame to go around... it's not just the fault of the language. Any language can be abused. It just so happens that the verbosity and looseness of VB facilitates these bad habits. At the same time, VB is perfectly capably of running very tight, highly efficient code.

there is nothing wrong with focusing on a single language... most of us generally have to do that... but don't focus on one to the exclusion of all others. Conversely, don't try to take on so many that you can't focus on one when you need to. That's why my javascript skills are so shoddy sometimes - OH speaking of which... I know I've written some pretty bad JS code before that could probably rival some of the worst VB code too... -- I've chosen to concentrate on VB as my primary language... it's not that I can't do JS, it's just that it's super ancillary to me... it's something I use in my own time on my own websites... same with PHP too... but ask me to try to build something with a shopping cart or forums, or security... ummm, yeah, I can't do it... but need a check book system or an A/R system in VB? Done... THAT I can do.

-tg