It’s stupid not to use some software, because in what it is written. Of course I have my favourites, and special dislikes. But that is not what I see as a user. If the software does what it should – it’s fine.

What try to avoid is of course using a programming language for programming if I do not like it.
And I have a special distaste of C++ and Perl. Partly Tcl ( I simply do not like the set x val) Of course it is stupid. Strange enough I find C a wonderful language.
Now I’m currently learning Java and I’m quite sure I will use it for further programm development. I want to learn and use other languages but many are terrible for application development. You want a decent debugger and decent toolbos. This is not a given for quite a few languages I like.

E.g I’d like to use Pharo Smalltalk more intensivly, but they break code way too often. As a application developer I hate that, and for that I have to like VBA, because it simply works since at least two decades. Code you once wrote, still works. Every language which breaks code too often is very much a no-go for me. What I need is help with building GUI and Reports. If that’s not there I an’t use it….