Why I Hate VB Today
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You love COBOL!!!???!!! Well, there's a first time for everything. OK, I'm kidding, I've met people who like COBOL. (Also, read about one in this thread.)
I was waiting for someone to point that out, ;-) ok, let me rephrase:
string language = getLanguage();
if ((language.Length < 4) &&
((language.StartsWith('C') == true) ||
(language.StartsWith('c') == true)))
{
MessageBox.Show("I like this shit!! ;-)");
}"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>
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I was waiting for someone to point that out, ;-) ok, let me rephrase:
string language = getLanguage();
if ((language.Length < 4) &&
((language.StartsWith('C') == true) ||
(language.StartsWith('c') == true)))
{
MessageBox.Show("I like this shit!! ;-)");
}"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>
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- The intellisense refuses to "let go" unless I tap the Escape key 1) Syntax highlighting sucks. In C#, all types are highlighted - in VB, only intrinisc types are highlighted. 2) It's VB. 3) There are no automatic code formatting options like we get with C#
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
- Extra keywords... List(Of Integer) vs. List<int> 5) It's VB. 6) There is NOOOOOOO.... Rule 6 :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)- There is Rule 6 8) Rule 6 is on Rule 9 9) It's VB 10) Option Explicit 11) Option Strict
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Funny - those all sound like problems with your VB IDE (granted, not a lot of options there), not the language itself. (Which has plenty of reasons to hate it).
Such as?
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- The intellisense refuses to "let go" unless I tap the Escape key 1) Syntax highlighting sucks. In C#, all types are highlighted - in VB, only intrinisc types are highlighted. 2) It's VB. 3) There are no automatic code formatting options like we get with C#
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
- The intellisense refuses to "let go" unless I tap the Escape key 1) Syntax highlighting sucks. In C#, all types are highlighted - in VB, only intrinisc types are highlighted. 2) It's VB. 3) There are no automatic code formatting options like we get with C#
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I was waiting for someone to point that out, ;-) ok, let me rephrase:
string language = getLanguage();
if ((language.Length < 4) &&
((language.StartsWith('C') == true) ||
(language.StartsWith('c') == true)))
{
MessageBox.Show("I like this shit!! ;-)");
}"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>
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So you like C, and... ...not "C#" or "C Sharp", not "c++" or "C Plus Plus".... what else matches?
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Maybe I didn't express myself better, Let me try again:
if ((language == 'c') ||
(language == 'C') ||
(language == "c#") ||
(language == "C#") ||
(language == "c++") ||
(language == "C++"))
{
MessageBox.Show("Good choice of language!!");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Enter the abbreviated programming language name and if you did, I'm sorry, your language sux.")
}"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>
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Yep, VB3 was great (I never used VB1 or 2)... Before then, I had stuck to console programming because... Let's face it... I was lazy. Then VB4 came along, and that was great... Then VB5 came along, finally adding OOP (Kinda... Well, almost... Eh) Then VB6 came along, and I started to wonder. Then VB.NET came along, and I cheered. Then I looked over at C#, and thought, "Why am I still writing VB code?"
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
- Extra keywords... List(Of Integer) vs. List<int> 5) It's VB. 6) There is NOOOOOOO.... Rule 6 :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)In the other languages the programmers are more than happy to share information. With VB programmers everything is obscure and in some secret code. They act as if they are giving away national secrets if you ask them a question. The best way to show you are knowledgible is to share it. I share mine without any hassles or ridicule. If someome wants to learn I'm all in. VB programmers hide in the corner whispering so their secrets don't fall into the wrong hand. Sheesh!!!
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- The intellisense refuses to "let go" unless I tap the Escape key 1) Syntax highlighting sucks. In C#, all types are highlighted - in VB, only intrinisc types are highlighted. 2) It's VB. 3) There are no automatic code formatting options like we get with C#
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001Don't forget the craptastic, "You have to actually tell the compiler to shortcut boolean logic with AndAlso and OrElse." Also that you have to call a method Function or Sub depending whether it returns something (or not). When I took my current position, I thought, "It's the problems that make the work interesting, and the language won't bother me too much." By now, I'm out looking for something in C#.
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Don't forget the craptastic, "You have to actually tell the compiler to shortcut boolean logic with AndAlso and OrElse." Also that you have to call a method Function or Sub depending whether it returns something (or not). When I took my current position, I thought, "It's the problems that make the work interesting, and the language won't bother me too much." By now, I'm out looking for something in C#.
Had to ask you about your user ID. Are you a golden retriever fan?
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
Well, don't use it then. Duh!
Easy to say when you're free to look for other work. For reasons I've already gone over, I don't have that option until late next year.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
Yep, VB3 was great (I never used VB1 or 2)... Before then, I had stuck to console programming because... Let's face it... I was lazy. Then VB4 came along, and that was great... Then VB5 came along, finally adding OOP (Kinda... Well, almost... Eh) Then VB6 came along, and I started to wonder. Then VB.NET came along, and I cheered. Then I looked over at C#, and thought, "Why am I still writing VB code?"
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
- The intellisense refuses to "let go" unless I tap the Escape key 1) Syntax highlighting sucks. In C#, all types are highlighted - in VB, only intrinisc types are highlighted. 2) It's VB. 3) There are no automatic code formatting options like we get with C#
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
In the other languages the programmers are more than happy to share information. With VB programmers everything is obscure and in some secret code. They act as if they are giving away national secrets if you ask them a question. The best way to show you are knowledgible is to share it. I share mine without any hassles or ridicule. If someome wants to learn I'm all in. VB programmers hide in the corner whispering so their secrets don't fall into the wrong hand. Sheesh!!!
The reason VB'ers don't share is because of people like you. We're afraid to reveal that we write in VB (and feel guilty that we like it).So If you ask us for a sample code, we may try to quickly convert it to C#. But then you would find us out because we would inevitably make a syntax error.
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The reason VB'ers don't share is because of people like you. We're afraid to reveal that we write in VB (and feel guilty that we like it).So If you ask us for a sample code, we may try to quickly convert it to C#. But then you would find us out because we would inevitably make a syntax error.
Actually, that is the best answer I have ever gotten :)
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Yep, VB3 was great (I never used VB1 or 2)... Before then, I had stuck to console programming because... Let's face it... I was lazy. Then VB4 came along, and that was great... Then VB5 came along, finally adding OOP (Kinda... Well, almost... Eh) Then VB6 came along, and I started to wonder. Then VB.NET came along, and I cheered. Then I looked over at C#, and thought, "Why am I still writing VB code?"
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Microsoft should have just called C# "VB7" and never invented VB.NET. Old school VB programmers like myself would have naturally moved to the new "C-style" VB language long ago, and we would all be better off. Why they would keep perpetuating this duality of quality on the same framework I have no idea...
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Go steady. VB was the first tool I used that let me drag and drop buttons, etc. onto a form -- without slogging for huge lengths of time writing either the form or the objects to drop on it. That's a fond memory -- especially now that the GUIs here are done with (%#@&ing) swing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
