VB haters, look away
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I'm reading a C# book that was recommended on here recently and found this gem in the beginning.
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The truth of the matter is that many of C#’s syntactic constructs are modeled after various aspects of Visual Basic (VB) and C++. TROELSEN, ANDREW; Japikse, Philip. C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework (Kindle Locations 3123-3124). Apress. Kindle Edition.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
RyanDev wrote:
and found this gem in the beginning.
That sounds like Veritable Bull**** ;) Marc
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Lopatir wrote:
C# (C, C++...) messed up, who counts anything from zero? It's unnatural, zero simply does not exist.
Uhm, no. The understanding of the number zero was one of the most important discoveries to get mathmatics on the way and that was thousands of years ago. It's not at all as insignificant as you think. Except for BASIC fans, of course. :-) Then, you are confusing an index with counting. As any machine code or assembly programmer can tell you, you must address the first value in an array at BaseAddress + 0, and the nth value at BaseAddress + ((n-1) * sizeof(type)), or short: The index for the nth element always is (n-1). Except for BASIC fans, of course. :-)
CodeWraith wrote:
Except for BASIC fans, of course.
Some of whom refuse to acknowledge the existence of the zeroth element in their arrays even though it sits there sadly awaiting a value that will never arrive. :^)
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Was happy that they finally updated the switch in C# to have be as flexible as the Visual Basic Select Case. Waited a long time for that one.
I disagree.
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CodeWraith wrote:
Variants, anybody?
they're called "var", in C#
They are not the same thing, but I still don't like them at all. I prefer code that's readable without the help of costly tools like Visual Studio or Intellisense.
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CodeWraith wrote:
Except for BASIC fans, of course.
Some of whom refuse to acknowledge the existence of the zeroth element in their arrays even though it sits there sadly awaiting a value that will never arrive. :^)
Indexing != counting, no discussion there. I assume that BASIC interpreters and compilers automatically adjusted the index. especially in the days of 8 bit computers they had no memory to waste.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
C# has a lot of Java influence.
Never implied otherwise. But you don't seem to be the only one taking it that way. If you look closely at what the book says, it reads "many of C#’s syntactic constructs" come from VB influence. Not that the entire language does.
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
if this was a joke,
No, but I think some of you are hastily reading the message. :)
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
RyanDev wrote:
No, but I think some of you are hastily reading the message.
It's how we roll up in this joint. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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RyanDev wrote:
and found this gem in the beginning.
That sounds like Veritable Bull**** ;) Marc
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Oh, such a Voracious Bite you have there mister. I like it.
Jeremy Falcon
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RyanDev wrote:
No, but I think some of you are hastily reading the message.
It's how we roll up in this joint. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm reading a C# book that was recommended on here recently and found this gem in the beginning.
Quote:
The truth of the matter is that many of C#’s syntactic constructs are modeled after various aspects of Visual Basic (VB) and C++. TROELSEN, ANDREW; Japikse, Philip. C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework (Kindle Locations 3123-3124). Apress. Kindle Edition.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I'm reading a C# book that was recommended on here recently and found this gem in the beginning.
Quote:
The truth of the matter is that many of C#’s syntactic constructs are modeled after various aspects of Visual Basic (VB) and C++. TROELSEN, ANDREW; Japikse, Philip. C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework (Kindle Locations 3123-3124). Apress. Kindle Edition.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
VB Love is easily cured. In fact, it usually passes shortly after puberty. :cool:
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree". Anonymous
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I'm reading a C# book that was recommended on here recently and found this gem in the beginning.
Quote:
The truth of the matter is that many of C#’s syntactic constructs are modeled after various aspects of Visual Basic (VB) and C++. TROELSEN, ANDREW; Japikse, Philip. C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework (Kindle Locations 3123-3124). Apress. Kindle Edition.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I disagree.
Well your certainly have the right to not use the new features. How about something about why you do not like the changes to the switch statement.
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VB Love is easily cured. In fact, it usually passes shortly after puberty. :cool:
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree". Anonymous
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Indexing != counting, no discussion there. I assume that BASIC interpreters and compilers automatically adjusted the index. especially in the days of 8 bit computers they had no memory to waste.
Have you read the original 1964 spec of BASIC?
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They are not the same thing, but I still don't like them at all. I prefer code that's readable without the help of costly tools like Visual Studio or Intellisense.
Hear hear!
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Now we must talk about the Oracle at Delphi. Sheesh.... :)
I'm just glad Delphi wasn't at (from) Oracle.
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They are not the same thing, but I still don't like them at all. I prefer code that's readable without the help of costly tools like Visual Studio or Intellisense.
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costly tools like Visual Studio or Intellisense.
I use the community edition of VS 2015 at home for free and it has intellisense built it for free. Did I mention it was free? Not costly at all.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Have you read the original 1964 spec of BASIC?
Was there a formal spec back then or has it been written afterwards as for most languages of that time?
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CodeWraith wrote:
Variants, anybody?
they're called "var", in C#
No, they're called
dynamicin C#. ;P Usingvar, your variable is still strongly-typed; you're just letting the compiler work out what that type is.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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costly tools like Visual Studio or Intellisense.
I use the community edition of VS 2015 at home for free and it has intellisense built it for free. Did I mention it was free? Not costly at all.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Don't call Rome just yet. The Microsofties may all be absolutely selfless may have performed enough miracles, but they have to be dead to be made saints by the Pope. Personally, I have already moved on and would not want to invest any time or money in Microsoft anymore. There are far more interesting things to do than keeping up with their escapades.
