[dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010

William Hindman wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Tue Mar 16 08:39:47 CDT 2010


...dear god, its been soooooooooooooooooooooooo looooooooooooooooooooong 
since the last list rumble :)

William

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From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12 AM
To: "Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues." 
<dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010

> ROTL
>
> Won't make any difference.  You are simply wrong!
>
> Live with it.
>
> Max
>
>
>
> On 16 March 2010 13:01, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>
>> LOL, max your arguments are specious.
>>
>> Begin
>>    VBA DOES USE THEM
>> End
>>
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com <http://www.colbyconsulting.com/>
>>
>>
>>  Max Wanadoo wrote:
>> >> (X + Y) * (z^2-3)
>> > because mathematical expression have nothing to do with 
>> > coding....apples
>> and
>> > oranges.
>> >
>> > the brackets are necessary to ensure mathematically correct 
>> > calculations
>> but
>> > if curly brackets were neecessary for code they would be present in 
>> > every
>> > code language - but they are not.  Why? because they are there for YOU
>> and
>> > for no other reason.  They are NOT necessary and we all know that VBA
>> > doesn't use them, neither do tons of other languages.
>> >
>> > When the compilers say back to contemplate writing a new compiler they
>> > clearly said "What can we do to make our C# language stand out and
>> pretend
>> > it is a cut above everybody elses's language?  I know, lets stick some
>> curly
>> > brackets in there - that will take up at least half a page of white 
>> > space
>> > and contribute nothing, but hey? It will confuse the life out of Joe
>> Public
>> > and we can make pretend that we are really intelligent"
>> >
>> >
>> > If that is your comfort zone then so be it.  Just ask yourself this.
>>  When I
>> > sit down and "learn" a new language, what am I actually learning?  Is 
>> > it
>> how
>> > to code? No, I can do that.  Is it how to structure algorithms?  No, I
>> can
>> > do that.  Is it to learn how to structure data? No, I can do that. 
>> > What
>> is
>> > it then?  Does it compile down to something extra stupendous?  Nay, it 
>> > is
>> > just about another way of doing the same thing.  If the langues doesn't
>> > bring any REAL advantage then why bother?  Some languages are archaic 
>> > and
>> > cumbersom, some are slick and neat and some compile to executables and
>> some
>> > compile to p-code.  But if there is no real advantage of one over the
>> other,
>> > why bother and why waste your time, but most of all WHY PRETEND.
>> >
>> > Max
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