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   Thanks again Dee & Auric.   
   I think I'll have a look into Freebasic & QB64.   
   In the mean time I'll start a small project in VB 2008 Express :)   
      
      
   "Dee Earley"  wrote in message   
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   > On 10/06/2009 23:47, Moiv wrote:   
   >> It just goes against my grain that's all. I prefer to write lightweight,   
   >> lightening fast applications. Microsoft appears to have developed a   
   >> different philosophy: Jam pack everything with features, tools and   
   >> possibilities but at the end of the day when you want to write a little   
   >> app   
   >> it's going to rely on this bulky framework to carry it. If the OS&  apps   
   >> were trimmed down then we'd only need half the computing power... or we'd   
   >> be   
   >> getting double the performance with the current computing power. Then add   
   >> all extras as they become required.   
   >   
   > Erm, .NET is modular..   
   > Yes, it has a very large framework installed, but so does win32...   
   > You only add/reference and load the bits you actually want to use in the   
   > project.   
   >   
   > I thought the same until I started using C#   
   > (Although I still use VB6 for my main ongoing project)   
   >   
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   > Dee Earley (dee.earley@icode.co.uk)   
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