VB.NET or C#

[Branislav Vidovic]

Hi everyone!!! I am a student,graduate year.My interests are C# and VB programming. For now I am using C# and VB (visual studio.NET) for making applications. I am realy looking for an advice. Which programming language is better for making real comercial applciations? Is there a difference in performance of applications written in these programming languages? Soon I am expexcted to develop applications that will really be used by small and medium sized companies,so I am interested which of these languages should I go for? Or is it completely the same? I am looking forward to hear your appinions. Thank you! Cheers:)

[Dave Kreskowiak]

Branislav Vidovic wrote:

Which programming language is better for making real comercial applciations?

All of them. It really depends on what you're comfortable with and what the requirements of the applications are. There are a few things the C# can do that VB.NET can't, as well as the reverse. There are things that are beyond both VB.NET and C#, but is better suited to C++. C++ may be too tedious to do something more appropriate for VB.NET or C#. Just going with one language in your skill set will severely limit your abilities.

Branislav Vidovic wrote:

Is there a difference in performance of applications written in these programming languages?

No, not really. They both compile down to just about the same MSIL. There are some people that will nitpick certain blocks of code and point out the performance differences, but overall, neither is faster than the other.

Branislav Vidovic wrote:

Soon I am expexcted to develop applications that will really be used by small and medium sized companies,so I am interested which of these languages should I go for? Or is it completely the same?

Whatever is appropriate for the application at hand. You lose nothing by using both or either.

Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
     2006, 2007

[Blumen]

Hi, Both VB.NET and C# compile to Microsoft Intermediate Language, so it doesn't really matter whether you have written your code in VB.net or C#. The catch is that if you are familiar with C++, or C, its better to go for C# because syntactically they are some what similar. VB syntax is entirely different, and VB.NET language is not case sensitive. I have worked in both, but i found C# syntax more comfortable. Regards, Blumen