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Microsoft was quite literally founded on Basic. Few of us who were doing software development in the 90′s could argue that Visual Basic successfully lowered the bar for entry such that just about anybody could write a simple program. I would even go so far as to say that Visual Basic was a key to the success of Windows in the 90′s and 00′s. Old languages never die... and they don't seem to fade away much, either.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: lowered the bar for entry
Which is a very very bad thing. Would you want the bar for brain or heart surgeons lowered? I think not.
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The requirement for developers isn't the same as a neural surgeon. In a free market you get what you pay for and if customers want to pay less for crap, it's their choice.
With a surgeon you can't afford to take this risk, but if an 18 year old highschool graduate could perform surgery with the help of advanced robotic tools, then it doesn't really matter.
To reduce overhead for highly qualified staff, a lot of jobs in the medical sector are already being replaced by mere operators who control a machine and the doctor just sits in his office analyzing the data that comes back.
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JavaScript is not the answer. The problem with Visual Basic is when they did a complete redo for .NET. Somebody thought that VB should parallel C#. The result is a language that is not as easy for beginners.
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Yes. It justifies the existence of managers. Especially managers who hire VB programmers, replacing their C#/C++ staff, because they are more plentiful, cheaper, and don't use complicated architectures that the rest of us use. (Yes, that was actually the reason given to me.)
Marc
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Did it ever need VB?
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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