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VB.NET is gonna rule!!!

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  • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

    Ranjith wrote: Yes! VB.NET is gonna rule... I see that most VB6 programmers are learning C# rather than VB.NET. Others are going back to the field from which they came from - Journalism, Arts etc. Step back, rub your eyes, take a deep breath, stretch a bit, and reflect on the relative importance of CP, CG, the age / travel time sustained by supposedly 'fresh' cheese curds, and Life in General. - Shog9

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      Ranjith wrote: VB.NET is gonna rule Is it just me, or does anyone else think that VB's syntax is just crappy? I hate it. I understand it is supposed to be closer to natural language, which asists in learning to program. Thanks to Microsoft though, it is commonly used for developing apps. I am hopeful that C# will eventualy fill the niche that VB currently holds, because as a C/C++ programmer, every time I have to look at VB/VBScript code I get the dry heaves.
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      Amen! Jon

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        Ranjith wrote: VB.NET is gonna rule Is it just me, or does anyone else think that VB's syntax is just crappy? I hate it. I understand it is supposed to be closer to natural language, which asists in learning to program. Thanks to Microsoft though, it is commonly used for developing apps. I am hopeful that C# will eventualy fill the niche that VB currently holds, because as a C/C++ programmer, every time I have to look at VB/VBScript code I get the dry heaves.
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        Christian Graus
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        It's not just you. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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        • R Ranjith I

          They VBised C#! He heeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....:-D VB,ASP, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server. -------------------------------------------------- Share your thoughts..

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          Christian Graus
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          Yes, C# inherits one good idea ( for each ) and a lot of crappy, verbose syntax designed to pander to morons from VB. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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            But where's your evidence for that? I mean, take a look around here... What is the most active programming forum? That would be the C# forum. If you take this site and it's members as a representative sample of the developer community as a whole, then clearly C# wins. Besides that, I have seen so many more books that use C# and so many more magazine articles with C# code for the samples that I think C# will be the longtime "primary" language for .NET. It's just so much better and does more. You have more practical benefits(XML documentation, unmanaged code, brief sytax, etc.) in C# than in VB.NET. I would never go back.(Except for here at work where my boss does VB.NET. But even that is changing. My dad (My boss'es boss) has decided that he wants to look at C#.) David Stone dstone@newcenturytitle.com
            Procrastination is like masturbation; it's all good until you realize you just screwed yourself. -Writing on a bench at college

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            David Stone wrote: What is the most active programming forum? That would be the C# forum. Actually, the C++ forum, but C# beats VB hands down. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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              Common you all VB haters... Visual Basic is not that bad! VB is simple and RAD tool. It's sytax is not that cumbersome, like VC++!! I used to work in this particular company and those crappy VC++ middle tier gave me a hard time... it crashes everytime I exit from my VB project. :mad: VB,ASP, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server. -------------------------------------------------- Share your thoughts..

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              I can't speak for anyone else (someday... ), but for me personally the dislike of VB is that i *do* use it on occasion, and on each occasion must once again familiarize myself with a language *and* editor *and* IDE. I've spent at this point nearly seven years becoming used to C-style languages, editors (well, these differ a lot), and IDEs (these *really* differ a lot). So each time this happens, i have to spend a day or two cursing as i once again forget a 'THEN' or include a semicolon. Now, these are just minor annoyances, but they do keep a small level of animosity in my heart towards VB. Now, add to that the language, and the environment. VB as a language simply does not have that much to offer. About all i can say for it off the top of my head is that it compiles quickly. Even the fact that it is compiled doesn't mean much, as there is no preprocessor or even a simple way to build in static data. And compared to the flexibility of most newer interpreted languages, VB and VBScript are both looking very archaic. RAD is nice, but VB6 at this point is sadly outdated. If i'm prototyping a new dialog for instance, and i need it to be sizeable, i don't want to write code to reposition controls - i might as well be using C++. And once i go to VB.NET and Windows Forms, i might just as well be using C#. And so i find that the few small advantages gained from using the language are countered by many painful disadvantages. :( --------

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              • C Christian Graus

                David Stone wrote: What is the most active programming forum? That would be the C# forum. Actually, the C++ forum, but C# beats VB hands down. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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                Yeah yeah. Whatever.:-D I meant .NET forum...but said programming instead. :rolleyes: David Stone dstone@newcenturytitle.com
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                • C Christian Graus

                  Yes, C# inherits one good idea ( for each ) and a lot of crappy, verbose syntax designed to pander to morons from VB. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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                  James T Johnson
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                  Christian Graus wrote: and a lot of crappy, verbose syntax designed to pander to morons from VB. Hey! :-D James "Java is free - and worth every penny." - Christian Graus

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                    Christian Graus wrote: and a lot of crappy, verbose syntax designed to pander to morons from VB. Hey! :-D James "Java is free - and worth every penny." - Christian Graus

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                    Christian Graus
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                    Not to say EVERYONE in VB is a moron, only those who stay... Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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                      Not to say EVERYONE in VB is a moron, only those who stay... Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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                      lol, thats better anyway :) James "Java is free - and worth every penny." - Christian Graus

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                      • C Christian Graus

                        Yes, C# inherits one good idea ( for each ) and a lot of crappy, verbose syntax designed to pander to morons from VB. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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                        Christian Graus wrote: verbose syntax designed to pander to morons from VB. Think... you have some enimity with VBians. Common!! accept it... ;P ;P :eek: VB,ASP, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server. -------------------------------------------------- Share your thoughts..

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                          Ranjith wrote: VB.NET is gonna rule Is it just me, or does anyone else think that VB's syntax is just crappy? I hate it. I understand it is supposed to be closer to natural language, which asists in learning to program. Thanks to Microsoft though, it is commonly used for developing apps. I am hopeful that C# will eventualy fill the niche that VB currently holds, because as a C/C++ programmer, every time I have to look at VB/VBScript code I get the dry heaves.
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                          Ewww....VC++ sucks!! Stupid syntax. VB,ASP, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server. -------------------------------------------------- Share your thoughts..

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                            Ryan Johnston wrote: Is it just me, or does anyone else think that VB's syntax is just crappy? I don't think so. I like it after I used it. Step back, rub your eyes, take a deep breath, stretch a bit, and reflect on the relative importance of CP, CG, the age / travel time sustained by supposedly 'fresh' cheese curds, and Life in General. - Shog9

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                            Rama Krishna wrote: I don't think so. I like it after I used it. Thanks man! :-O VB,ASP, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server. -------------------------------------------------- Share your thoughts..

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                              Christian Graus wrote: verbose syntax designed to pander to morons from VB. Think... you have some enimity with VBians. Common!! accept it... ;P ;P :eek: VB,ASP, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server. -------------------------------------------------- Share your thoughts..

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                              Christian Graus
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                              Ranjith wrote: Think... you have some enimity with VBians. No, with VB. Ranjith wrote: Common!! accept it... I accept that some people make poor choices, and others are too dumb for C++. Not a problem in the world. The question is, why are you so insecure that you need for *me* to love VB in order to feel validated ? Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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                                Ewww....VC++ sucks!! Stupid syntax. VB,ASP, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server. -------------------------------------------------- Share your thoughts..

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                                have u ever developed any system level program ??? if no then u can like VB shits.. but look at C++ you can do almost anything in it..whatever u can do with VB. so its totally correct that VB is for the people with learning disabilities.Man u know that it reduces ur creativity....and in the field of computing its the creativity which pays u... so if u lost it how u are going to survive ?? if u dont know how exactly the things work then how can one be sure that what ever u have done is very correct...?? C++ is rad for the people who know it very well.. i love it... ---- Subodh

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                                  I haven't looked at that particular language before. Is that the one that uses tabing to denote code blocks? That seems a lot more readable than the way VB does it.

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                                  Jeremy Falcon
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                                  Yes. Jeremy Falcon Imputek "..." - Paul Watson  07-17

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