[smohd]

If someone should say happy birthday to Visual Basic
Happy 20th

[Shane Hudson]

If only we could still down-rep OPs! Haha

[DivideByZero]

It's a shame it didn't make it to adulthood, it won't be missed.

[Creecher]

I won't miss it.

I'm glad I tried VB.NET before VB(6).

[Curtis Rutland]

Well, if you read the link, it's obvious they're counting VB.NET as a continuation of VB, so in MS's eyes, VB is still going strong.

It's always been considered the bastard child by most programmers, but VB.NET is an incredibly powerful language. Not my choice for syntax, but if I had to, I could work with it.

[Creecher]

Curtis Rutland, on 25 May 2011 - 08:56 AM, said:

Well, if you read the link, it's obvious they're counting VB.NET as a continuation of VB, so in MS's eyes, VB is still going strong.

It's always been considered the bastard child by most programmers, but VB.NET is an incredibly powerful language. Not my choice for syntax, but if I had to, I could work with it.

I think people see it as such because they think it promotes laziness and they think it does all the work for you.


A friend of mine, who has been using C and C++ for the past few years, tried VB.NET recently and he said he hated it because it does all the fun stuff for him.

[Curtis Rutland]

Well, he'd hate C# or Java or Ruby for the same reasons. That's not so much a problem with VB, it's a problem with high-level vs low-level languages. For me, C is not something I find fun. I let the framework deal with all the pointers and allocations and cleanup, and go straight to solving the actual problems. That's what I like. Some people find the amount of manual control C/C++ gives you fun.


Now, VB.NET can promote serious laziness, if you use it wrong. For example, turn Option Strict and Option Explicit off, and you've got yourself a recipe for a mess. Also, stuff like default form instances can be really confusing. But regardless, you can do some pretty impressive stuff with it.

[Raynes]

NeverPool, on 25 May 2011 - 03:10 PM, said:

Curtis Rutland, on 25 May 2011 - 08:56 AM, said:

Well, if you read the link, it's obvious they're counting VB.NET as a continuation of VB, so in MS's eyes, VB is still going strong.

It's always been considered the bastard child by most programmers, but VB.NET is an incredibly powerful language. Not my choice for syntax, but if I had to, I could work with it.

I think people see it as such because they think it promotes laziness and they think it does all the work for you.


A friend of mine, who has been using C and C++ for the past few years, tried VB.NET recently and he said he hated it because it does all the fun stuff for him.

While I am definitely not a fan of VB, I have to point out: that argument is probably stronger when used against Visual Studio users.

[Creecher]

Raynes, on 25 May 2011 - 12:32 PM, said:

NeverPool, on 25 May 2011 - 03:10 PM, said:

Curtis Rutland, on 25 May 2011 - 08:56 AM, said:

Well, if you read the link, it's obvious they're counting VB.NET as a continuation of VB, so in MS's eyes, VB is still going strong.

It's always been considered the bastard child by most programmers, but VB.NET is an incredibly powerful language. Not my choice for syntax, but if I had to, I could work with it.

I think people see it as such because they think it promotes laziness and they think it does all the work for you.


A friend of mine, who has been using C and C++ for the past few years, tried VB.NET recently and he said he hated it because it does all the fun stuff for him.

While I am definitely not a fan of VB, I have to point out: that argument is probably stronger when used against Visual Studio users.

True, but that (as far as I know) is the most popular IDE for VB(.NET) and C#(Visual C++ as well(?)), so people will assume you will use it.

[SurfingShark]

VB.NET has its place, just like every other language. When you work on a car, there are often times different tools to accomplish the same repair.

[raziel_]

Hatted blah blah blah write on assembly then its the real deal right you will have to do all the stuff your self all the fun stuff that most of the C++ programmers dont even know about them. VB6 sux because of the runtime errors and the lack of the errors before compiling the exe. So anyway its called progress if you don`t like it go make a camp somewhere in the wood and hunt animals with spears. So happy B day VB

This post has been edited by NoBrain: 26 May 2011 - 01:58 PM