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On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:41:30 GMT, Hosmerica wrote:
> "Auric__" wrote in message
> news:475584ba$0$25986$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
>
>> It's been a while since I looked at VB.Net, but IIRC the overall
>> language structure is about half BASIC-ish and half C-ish.
>
> That sounds right from what I've heard about it.
I forgot that it's about 10% XML.
>>> The .net environment is COMPLETELY different to native win32 and
>>> VB6 and requires a fairly large change in mindset for the die
>>> hard vb6 developers :)
>>>
>>> Personally, I use VB6 and C# but didn't get on with vb.net (I'm
>>> not entirely sure why)
>>
>> I mostly use PowerBasic, FreeBasic, and C. VB has been relegated
>> to occasional UI design for me. (And I don't really like bytecode
>> languages -- I don't program in Java or .Net and wouldn't even
>> install either, except that there are two Java programs and a few
>> .Net ones that I really like. [sigh])
>
> This sounds alot like my boss. He's a FilePro/Unix/Linux guy.
I've been using Linux for almost 10 years, and used... uh... *some*
Unix-like system for 4 years before that in the Navy.
> I
> ,on the other hand, have become more involved with windows and the
> .Net platform. I've written in CICS, Cobol, C++, and Java, but most
> of my experience is in VB.NET.
Yikes. COBOL. Suitable only for people who also like whips and chains
in the bedroom. Truly a painful language. (Did you know that Fujitsu
created a COBOL.Net? [shudder])
> Some
> things are frustrating to switch over, yet others are much simplier
> in VB.NET than their VB6 counterpart.
Sure, but you're still using VB.Net.
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