Advice on new programming language
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Hi, Looking for a bit of advice on which language to learn next. I have been programming with vb.net for over a year now and I'm going to start to learn a new language. Knowledge is power and all that :) . I have a bit of experience(well forget most of the stuff) in c,c++ and java. I was thinking of maybe c# or maybe going back to learn java properly. Is c# very similar to vb.net? I know not syntax wise but what you can do in c# can be done in vb.net. Thanks
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Hi, Looking for a bit of advice on which language to learn next. I have been programming with vb.net for over a year now and I'm going to start to learn a new language. Knowledge is power and all that :) . I have a bit of experience(well forget most of the stuff) in c,c++ and java. I was thinking of maybe c# or maybe going back to learn java properly. Is c# very similar to vb.net? I know not syntax wise but what you can do in c# can be done in vb.net. Thanks
Dude, scan the forum. There's an identical thread from yesterday. If you don't have the mental chops to decide which language to learn next, then you have bigger problems.
"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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Dude, scan the forum. There's an identical thread from yesterday. If you don't have the mental chops to decide which language to learn next, then you have bigger problems.
"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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Hi, Looking for a bit of advice on which language to learn next. I have been programming with vb.net for over a year now and I'm going to start to learn a new language. Knowledge is power and all that :) . I have a bit of experience(well forget most of the stuff) in c,c++ and java. I was thinking of maybe c# or maybe going back to learn java properly. Is c# very similar to vb.net? I know not syntax wise but what you can do in c# can be done in vb.net. Thanks
If you know how to use the framework the language does not matter. You can do the same things with each other. I was forced to work with c# 2.0. Forced, meaning I was too lazy to install vb express after downloading it. Anyhow I found that the intellisense was better than vb.net 2.0, and the code environment was well suited. For e.g. in between my lines of code I make a call to a function I have not written before I get small auto options to create the function. Plus, I like the way c# has handled writing delegates. While registering for a delegate it will suggest a function, and then if I choose to use what it suggests it, creates a function with the signature of the delegate. This is something totally absent in vb.net. Not sure how it work in vb.net 2008+. And then I had the opportunity to write the whole thing in vb.net but I found writing it in c# was better because of the above features. But be forewarned: these are not features of the language; rather they are features of the c# editor. Language wise I don't see the difference as long as they target the same framework.
