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   Robert wrote:   
   > I have read lots of favorable things about programming with MS .net,   
   > and I am curious for opinions on why VB .net vs C# net.   
   > Simply language choice ?   
   >   
   > Programming is frequently about right tool for right job.   
   > When pdox isnt the right tool, I believe I need to round out my tool set.   
   > Others have mentioned java, and while that has merits,   
   > I think my personal background with turbo C and c++ would   
   > be better leveraged in c# net.   
   > I also have some experience with visual basic.   
   >   
   > Is VB net easier to learn ?   
   > More widely accepted ?   
   >   
   > All thoughts, comments, and experiences are welcome.   
      
   I think that the whole concept behind "dot-net" is to provide a   
   language-independent high-level environment .. in which you can use   
   the "tool de jour" and wind up with an equally-acceptable result.   
      
   Pick your language .. what comes out the back-end of the compiler is a   
   bytecode pseudo-executable that works the same way as any other.  Instead   
   of relying upon a language-dependent runtime (e.g. MSVCRTxx.DLL), the   
   runtime support is provided by the framework (i.e. "Windows") itself.   
      
   An ambitious but noble goal, and if I must say, they did rather a fine job   
   of it.  :-)   
      
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