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VB6: Best programming language ever

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  • D dan sh

    I come from teh dark side. My mission is completed. VB6 shall rule all of you in sometime. We will conquer you all. BWA HA HA

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    • D dan sh

      No. It is not. Just kidding.

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      Pete OHanlon
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      It wasn't a bad language. If it was a bad language, there wouldn't have been such a demand for it in the business community. It did exactly what it set out to do - make developing business applications quick.

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      • P Pete OHanlon

        It wasn't a bad language. If it was a bad language, there wouldn't have been such a demand for it in the business community. It did exactly what it set out to do - make developing business applications quick.

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        Lost User
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        Demand doesn't make something "not bad" - see cigarettes, the first generation Fiat Panda, and Sharknado 2.

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          It wasn't a bad language. If it was a bad language, there wouldn't have been such a demand for it in the business community. It did exactly what it set out to do - make developing business applications quick.

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          Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

          make developing business applications quick.

          That what you say - but in 1999 when we went to Microsoft they sold us VB6 to develop the new version of our ERP. It was catastrophic... It was a group - so-called - specialist in distributed network applications (they called it DNALab), and they almost ruined our reputation with that suggestion... So the fact that even Microsoft didn't know for what VB is good, but they tried it on everyone without mercy... X|

          I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

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          • L Lost User

            Demand doesn't make something "not bad" - see cigarettes, the first generation Fiat Panda, and Sharknado 2.

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            Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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            Perfect argument! Case closed! :laugh:

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            • P Pete OHanlon

              It wasn't a bad language. If it was a bad language, there wouldn't have been such a demand for it in the business community. It did exactly what it set out to do - make developing business applications quick.

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              dan sh
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              Option Strict Off. That is enough for me to hate it.

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              • D dan sh

                No. It is not. Just kidding.

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                Ravi Bhavnani
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                Thank God!  For a moment I thought you'd lost your mind.  Everyone knows MicroFocus Cobol is second to none.  Which is why it figures prominently on my resume. ;) /ravi

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                • D dan sh

                  Option Strict Off. That is enough for me to hate it.

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                  On Error Resume Next

                  :mad::mad::mad:

                  Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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                  • D dan sh

                    No. It is not. Just kidding.

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                    A short while ago (like one or two months ago) there was a TOP article here on CP explaining that VB6 is a great language that should come back. It got quite some upvotes too. Just looked it up: Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever[^]. It even won VB article of the month. I'm not saying it's a bad article, the author clearly put time and effort in it, and I refrained from voting. I WAS very surprised by the article and the amount of people agreeing with it though. Thought you might have read it ;-)

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                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                      A short while ago (like one or two months ago) there was a TOP article here on CP explaining that VB6 is a great language that should come back. It got quite some upvotes too. Just looked it up: Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever[^]. It even won VB article of the month. I'm not saying it's a bad article, the author clearly put time and effort in it, and I refrained from voting. I WAS very surprised by the article and the amount of people agreeing with it though. Thought you might have read it ;-)

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                      Dave Kreskowiak
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                      What a bunch of crack smoking dullards!! I had to keep it kid sister safe...

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                      • D dan sh

                        Option Strict Off. That is enough for me to hate it.

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                        Jorgen Andersson
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                        Then you can't like the dynamic keyword in C#. :)

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                        • J Jorgen Andersson

                          Then you can't like the dynamic keyword in C#. :)

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                          dan sh
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                          Oh I don't like it. Too much typing. And I have seen some use it just because they can with no real purpose. Same treatment that var gets mostly.

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                            Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                            make developing business applications quick.

                            That what you say - but in 1999 when we went to Microsoft they sold us VB6 to develop the new version of our ERP. It was catastrophic... It was a group - so-called - specialist in distributed network applications (they called it DNALab), and they almost ruined our reputation with that suggestion... So the fact that even Microsoft didn't know for what VB is good, but they tried it on everyone without mercy... X|

                            I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

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                            Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:

                            in 1999 when we went to Microsoft they sold us VB6 to develop the new version of our ERP

                            In 1999 Microsoft was selling VB6 for any business problem. It was their language of the day. :sigh:

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                            • D dan sh

                              Oh I don't like it. Too much typing. And I have seen some use it just because they can with no real purpose. Same treatment that var gets mostly.

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                              JimmyRopes
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                              d@nish wrote:

                              Oh I don't like it. Too much No typing.

                              FTFY :-D

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                              • D dan sh

                                Oh I don't like it. Too much typing. And I have seen some use it just because they can with no real purpose. Same treatment that var gets mostly.

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                                Whenever I see var I have trouble dissociating it from the dreaded variant in the subject language, it still makes me shudder. Some silly bugger used a GoTo in a stored proc the other day, the reaction was not pretty.

                                Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                  Whenever I see var I have trouble dissociating it from the dreaded variant in the subject language, it still makes me shudder. Some silly bugger used a GoTo in a stored proc the other day, the reaction was not pretty.

                                  Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                  Lost User
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                                  Mycroft Holmes wrote:

                                  Some silly bugger used a GoTo in a stored proc the other day,

                                  Almost forgivable. We have some in our C# code.

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                                  • P Pete OHanlon

                                    It wasn't a bad language. If it was a bad language, there wouldn't have been such a demand for it in the business community. It did exactly what it set out to do - make developing business applications quick.

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                                    As I always say Pete a good programmer can write bad code in any language.

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                                    • D dan sh

                                      No. It is not. Just kidding.

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                                      vonb
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                                      We still have many VB6 code around here (mostly batch and client legacy apps). The main reason behind is that the .NET framework is not installed on standard end user PC images.:mad:

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                                      • D dan sh

                                        No. It is not. Just kidding.

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                                        Rosenne
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                                        Like COBOL, VB6 is here to stay. More than 50% of business transactions are processed with COBOL and VB6. Some claim 70% and 80%.

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                                          We still have many VB6 code around here (mostly batch and client legacy apps). The main reason behind is that the .NET framework is not installed on standard end user PC images.:mad:

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                                          dan sh
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                                          Doesn't .Net framework come with OS these days?

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