Difference between c# and VB.Net
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Last weekend I went for an interview in a Reputed organization. The first question from the interview panel was the difference between VB.Net and C#. I just came back!!! Can any one here spot the differences :)
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
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Last weekend I went for an interview in a Reputed organization. The first question from the interview panel was the difference between VB.Net and C#. I just came back!!! Can any one here spot the differences :)
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
C# is what you use when coding for yourself VB is what you use when coding for others higher up the management food chain.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Last weekend I went for an interview in a Reputed organization. The first question from the interview panel was the difference between VB.Net and C#. I just came back!!! Can any one here spot the differences :)
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
So because someone on the panel asked a fairly open question, which was probably designed just to get you talking, you think the organisation is no good?
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Last weekend I went for an interview in a Reputed organization. The first question from the interview panel was the difference between VB.Net and C#. I just came back!!! Can any one here spot the differences :)
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
VB.NETis a crap,C#is a truly advanced language. They are functionally equivalent. :rolleyes:If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Last weekend I went for an interview in a Reputed organization. The first question from the interview panel was the difference between VB.Net and C#. I just came back!!! Can any one here spot the differences :)
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
I had to maintain some legacy VB 6.0 code the other day I can't use it anymore....my fingers automatically put a semicolon after everything; Can't stop myself;
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Last weekend I went for an interview in a Reputed organization. The first question from the interview panel was the difference between VB.Net and C#. I just came back!!! Can any one here spot the differences :)
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
And did you pass the test or did you fail to explain the differences? There are real differences between the two languages, e.g. VB.NET has XML literals.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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So because someone on the panel asked a fairly open question, which was probably designed just to get you talking, you think the organisation is no good?
Marcus_Idle wrote:
asked a fairly open question
My discussion was scheduled at 9:30 AM, and was done at 1:30 PM, till then I had to wait there, with out any satisfactory reasons from the HR dept. I was so frustrated when I went to the panel. Listening to the first question from the panel made me think otherwise.
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
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C# is what you use when coding for yourself VB is what you use when coding for others higher up the management food chain.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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VB.NETis a crap,C#is a truly advanced language. They are functionally equivalent. :rolleyes:If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Utterly stupid and biased reply. VB and C# are ALMOST identical, there are no big differences.
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Utterly stupid and biased reply. VB and C# are ALMOST identical, there are no big differences.
[Roger Waters' tone] Do you understand irony, Johnny? [/Roger Waters' tone] BTW it looks like you're a
VBcoder... ;P --Carlo-The-Utterly-Stupid-And-BiasedIf the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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I had to maintain some legacy VB 6.0 code the other day I can't use it anymore....my fingers automatically put a semicolon after everything; Can't stop myself;
Dylan Morley wrote:
I had to maintain some legacy VB 6.0 code the other day
You and your fancy new language, I had / have to maintain vb3 legacy code (but in the process of updating it to .NET :) )
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And did you pass the test or did you fail to explain the differences? There are real differences between the two languages, e.g. VB.NET has XML literals.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
IMHO C# and VB.Net are two different languages with different language syntax. If we have to spot the differences we can point out hundreds, but they should not cant' be compared like this. Personally I will prefer C# over VB.Net.
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
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Utterly stupid and biased reply. VB and C# are ALMOST identical, there are no big differences.
Well, not quite: VB is based on a "toy" language, invented to let non-programmers do things with computers. It has been forced in lots of different directions until it arrived, creaking at the seams, at it's current state. C# is a "new" language (as in designed with a blank sheet), taking all the lessons learnt from C, C++, VB and others to produce a modern language with modern computers in mind. It has it's faults, but at least it is what it was designed to be.
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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IMHO C# and VB.Net are two different languages with different language syntax. If we have to spot the differences we can point out hundreds, but they should not cant' be compared like this. Personally I will prefer C# over VB.Net.
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
J a a n s wrote:
If we have to spot the differences we can point out hundreds, but they should not cant' be compared like this.
Yes they can. It's a valid way to see if someone has taken a more reasoned and detailed look at the common methods to programming .NET. What they are looking for is an understanding of the languages, so that they can see if you are aware of issues such as C# being able to produce code that can't be used in VB.NET, or the use of unsafe. Frankly, your attitude shows that you have little understanding of why somebody would consider this important, and little appreciation of the subtleties of the languages.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Marcus_Idle wrote:
asked a fairly open question
My discussion was scheduled at 9:30 AM, and was done at 1:30 PM, till then I had to wait there, with out any satisfactory reasons from the HR dept. I was so frustrated when I went to the panel. Listening to the first question from the panel made me think otherwise.
"Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time." - David Gries, in "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers", circa 1969.
J a a n s wrote:
with out any satisfactory reasons from the HR dept
That's their prerogative. If, for instance, they are interviewing lots of people then they, quite frankly, don't have to give you a reason. They are doing you the favour of interviewing you, not the other way round.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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[Roger Waters' tone] Do you understand irony, Johnny? [/Roger Waters' tone] BTW it looks like you're a
VBcoder... ;P --Carlo-The-Utterly-Stupid-And-BiasedIf the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]Yes, but this didn't strike me as irony, I seems like c actually means it, and I'm so tired of listening to people who are supposed to be intelligent people write such nonsense as this. As for my coding, I code in both C# and VB.NET with same enthusiasm... (or lack thereof, whichever the case might be) :)
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J a a n s wrote:
with out any satisfactory reasons from the HR dept
That's their prerogative. If, for instance, they are interviewing lots of people then they, quite frankly, don't have to give you a reason. They are doing you the favour of interviewing you, not the other way round.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
It is very rude, though - 30 mins is ok, but 4 hours is taking the mickey! Especially if the interview is pretty early - 09:30 makes it what, the second of the day? If that is the general attitude of the company, then they don't seem to give a monkeys for the staff. I would probably walk out; it's not as if they are paying me to be there...
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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C# is what you use when coding for yourself VB is what you use when coding for others higher up the management food chain.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
I had to laugh at this one - I moved the teams from VB to C# about 2 years ago and the MD asked why I had done it, the answer was so he could no longer understand the code. It didn't go down that well in a large meeting.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I had to laugh at this one - I moved the teams from VB to C# about 2 years ago and the MD asked why I had done it, the answer was so he could no longer understand the code. It didn't go down that well in a large meeting.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I am under instructions from my boss to only use VB as he can follow it and he knows a tiny bit of VBA so wants it consistant. OK, no probs, but I try to float in c# where I can, simply to confound him from time to time.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
