paas wrote:
IMO VB6 was only a useless language for people who can not program.
True. Programmers could use C++ to make COM objects that took up the slack of what VB6 could not do. VB6 itself was DESIGNED for people who cannot program.
paas wrote:
And, FWIW, the name of this message board is 'Visual Basic', not 'VB.NET'
Yes, but 99% of the questions are VB.NET. I didn't say 'wrong forum', I said 'you need to tell people on the subject that it's VB6 because people will assume VB.NET until told otherwise'.
paas wrote:
In addition, Microsoft's support for VB6 did not end until March or April of 2008, which is significantly less than 7 years ago.
Really ? Well, I know they were eager to bury it right away, I guess enough people complained to drag out it's death.
paas wrote:
You don't complain when people who are working with .NET do not specify that in the subject of their questions
No, because VB.NET is a modern, supported language that was designed rather than thrown together. It's what most people use, it's implicit when you say VB today, just like if you said you speak Greek, you'd assume modern, not ancient Greek.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
