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

> f course, after I agreed with Max, he got a little snooty with his
posts....)

Oh dear, you sound like my (ex) wife(s). Always seeing fault where
non-exists...


Max
Ps - I am definitely with you on Automatics. It  is  particulary  relevant
over here  where  traffic queues  are  everywhere.  Where is the fun moving
neutral-1st-neutral-1st-neutral-1st-woah-2nd-back to 1st. Let the auto gears
take the strain.





-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:57 PM
To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010

Boy, I'm agreeing with Charlotte too! (of course, after I agreed with Max,
he got a little snooty with his posts....)

So just out of curiosity, what can you do in C# that you can't do in VB.Net
and vice versa?  What I have found with VB 6, is that there really isn't
anything you can't do, you just can't do it a certain way.
I have run into one issue a few months ago, where VB was just going to be
WAY to complicated.  Had to do with ftps.  A secured FTP protocol that uses
key encryption.  It's possible to do it in VB, but it's a roll your own
TCP/IP comms using that encryption, where as VB.Net has libraries to handle
it. 


But things like inheritance are an internal difference, not an external.
It allows for designing things in a different way, but the end result can be
functionally the same.


But I am curious, since when I have time, I'd like to be delving into both
of these languages....

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:54 PM
To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010

In the current versions (2005 and 2008), there are some things you can do in
C# that you can't do in VB, but not many.  Of course, there's nothing to
stop you from using, say, a J# dll to harness the power of THAT dialect, so
it isn't an overwhelming advantage.  There are things you can do in VB you
can't in C# too.  In the next version, that becomes history.  There's a
lemming trend that seems to happen with languages:
the more esoteric the language, the more "professional".  If any fool can
read the code and possibly make sense of it, it can't be a "real"
language for "professional" programmers.  Weren't you aware of that??

Charlotte Foust

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:44 AM
To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010

Actually, I'm enjoying the discussion, don't leave yet.  I installed Visual
Studio 2008 months ago, cause some day I'm going to dig into C# and VB.Net
when I have time! (that very well might be after the world is destroyed in
2012, but hey, here's hoping I get to it!)

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