A computer programmer exemplifies Human thought, translating in effect each brain-step to a computer command. It is therefore ABSOLUTELY necessary that the programming languaged used is as close to Human thought as possible. This is exactly where Visual Basic scores High. But I do appreciate the need for other languages. Let us accept the fact that our whole logic is built around our natural language, that is the HUMAN language. Therefore, the programming language that is closer to the HUMAN language is more suitable for expressing algorithms while at the same time it reduces logical errors in programming. In other words, "IF... THEN... ELSE..." is far more clear and closer to the HUMAN language than if... {... }... Professor E. J. Yannakoudakis (eyan@aueb.gr)

Within a single physical file you have: 1. form design tools, 2. a high level, human-like programming language that helps to minimize logical errors, 3. no need to mess around with silly compilers, 4. A complete set of SQL (database) commands for fast storage and retrieval of relational tables. What more do you want…? Join the club of anti-curly bracket idiotic coding techniques…

Let us accept the fact that our whole logic is built around our natural language, that is the HUMAN language. Therefore, the programming language that is closer to the HUMAN language is more suitable for expressing algorithms. In other words, "IF... THEN... ELSE..." is far more clear and closer to the HUMAN language than if... {... }... Prof. E. J. Yannakoudakis

I vote for VB for several reasons. I say this, having designed 2 fully operational procedural languages. Professor E. J. Yannakoudaks eyan@aueb.gr

Does anybody know why ASP.NET (VB) will not delete a directory using the following code: Protected Sub removeDirByForceX(ByVal dirX As String, ByVal errorX As String) ' This deletes a directory, after copying a dummy file in it. ' Without at least 1 file in the directory it does NOT work! ' It is assumed that the calling program has ensured that dirX exists. ' The directory to be deleted is in the application folder. ' The routine is called from an ASP.NET application. ' Although the directory is deleted, all variables/sessions are lost ' and of course the screen freezes! Dim dirX_FP As String = Server.MapPath(dirX) FileCopy(aDummyFile, dirX_FP & "/000-Dummy-file.txt") Try Directory.Delete(dirX_FP, True) Catch ex As Exception errorX = "ERROR: " & ex.Message.ToString Exit Sub End Try errorX = "" End Sub