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norm .net wrote: I've got to say the thing I hate most about VB is the syntax, it's ugly
That's a matter of taste, isn't it? I have worked with C family of languages since 1993 (before that mostly Basic, Assembly and Fortran), but still don't like the syntax. Yet, the syntax is pretty low on my list of priorities - C is ugly but highly portable, efficient and good for system programming. C++ is even uglier, but scales like a champ and enables high level abstraction at little cost. Java and C# are ugly, but ... ehm they are just ugly  Perl is the ugliest, but does the job for some quick and dirty scripts.
Anyway, if you find a language with Pascal syntax and C++ semantics, please let me know
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norm .net wrote: (even VB for DOS)
I played around with the DOS version a loooong time ago. I think it was the tech preview called Escher. Man, that's a blast from the past! 
- S
50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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Long back i migrated from GWBasic to QBasic and then to VB3, after that i droped it, coz i learned C++.
-Prakash
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I use Visual Basic .NET but not VB6
It's part of an app we inherited.
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I haven't used either VB6 or VB.NET for years, but for office automation VBA is often the way to go. Also, VBScript proved pretty useful for some build automation scripts.
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: proved pretty useful for some build automation scripts
My build environment starts as a C++ app that presents a UI for changing version/build numbers. That app in turn starts a VBScript that runs the build process. The script does part of its work in script and part in batch files (the batch files do a couple of SourceSafe operations; 'nuff said). The script also re-invokes the original C++ app with a command line parameter to do some post-build cleanup that was just ridiculously slow in script.
Oh, what a tangled web...
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Oh, what a tangled web...
I use VB scripts to deploy .NET web applications, it is easy and flexible. But you have to learn it first. It is also dangerous, dum people should not try it  .
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I think there is a need for a "Yes, I used VB before, but I know C/C++, so don't call me stupid" club.
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...and I think there is a need for a club called "Yes, I use VB and love it! And don't care, if you call me stupid!!!"
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They can join any "There's a dark spot in my past" club.
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There is no proof for this sentence.
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Back in the day, I used to use VB 6 to test my COM objects. Building a test harness in VB was so much quicker than writing the code in C++.
Now I'm working with a team who use VB.NET. Whilst I write all my code in C#, I still need to be able to read and write VB code. Even worse, I have to teach the team how to do things like ASP.NET and they want to do it in VB rather than C#.
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I do on occasion when I don't have a choice but to use classic VB at work because it's mandated by a higher-up. Of course, I'd prefer going the .NET route for business application development if I actually had the choice.
My own development at home is a totally different story however. It's C/C++ all the way!
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Not me. I prefer assembler. That's where the real power is.
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dokmanov wrote: That's where the real power is.
I prefer to manipulate the 1’s & 0’s by thought. 
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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I prefer dip switches 
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I prefer to do nothing.
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I do nothing
Skippy II
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I am nothing!
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Mit viel Oktan und frei von Blei, eine Kraftstoff wie Benziiiiiiin!
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Who is there? 
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That which is not.
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Mit viel Oktan und frei von Blei, eine Kraftstoff wie Benziiiiiiin!
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without me?
Josh: So you have been married twice? You must have been young the first time around.
Christian: Yeah, we were young and stupid. I was young, and she was...
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Even more so!
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