DWUTKA at marlow.com
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Mon Feb 23 11:07:32 CST 2004
Actually, in my humble opinion, VB/VBA is the exact opposite. It's a language that rarely gets used to it's full potential. Yes, it is relatively easy to get into, and thus can be seen as a 'power user' language, however, I believe the real 'purpose' of VB/VBA, is to drive computer 'programming' where it needs to go. Whenever I get into a discussion about VB, I always think of the phrase 'Standing on the shoulders of giants', because that is what VB is, really. In VB, there is quite frankly very little that you cannot do. Most of those are by design. For instance, you can't have a -0 in VB. But that is by design. Sure, at some very basic level, there may be a need for a negative zero, but not in regular math. Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:23 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: I ask impossible questions????? (RE: [AccessD] Array dimensions, Row - Col or Col Row) If I had to guess at the future, I would see VB/A surviving as a kind of power user programming language and a new crop of programmers steeped in UML and object hierarchy design since their teens that will embrace the true object oriented languages. ====I think you've hit the nail on the head, but I think the truth is, VBA was always intended as a user programming language -- that developers have pushed its limits are to its credits, but I don't think it was ever meant to do some of the things you guys make it do. ;) Susan H. _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com