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

...slaps head, grits teeth, sighs ...thanks for telling me ...now :)

William

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From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:25 PM
To: "Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues." 
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Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Recent Discussion from MS on VB.Net and C# in VS 2010

> Regions are part of .Net, VB or any other language.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----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 1:06 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
>
> I could have sworn that VB.Net had collapsible regions too.... but
> again, it was years ago.
>
> I hear you on the code examples.  First starting in VB, I did just as
> much as everyone else.  However, as time went on, the only real examples
> I ever looked for were API examples (like which arguments to use for
> what).  Got pretty good and understanding the intricacies of taking API
> calls from other languages and using them in VB.
>
> As for the bracket issue, I'm really not saying that brackets are
> difficult or even confusing.  I've actually done several things in php,
> and even more in javascript.  I find them a nuisance, but that's about
> it, simply because I just find the VB method more intuitive to how I
> think.  So that's simply a personal preference.
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William
> Hindman
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:21 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
>
> ...not just MORE code examples, Max ...a whole lot more ...it was so bad
>
> when I was first learning .Net that I was forced to decipher numerous C#
>
> samples (thank god for the free web translators) ...and in the process
> it
> became evident that although the syntax was different, it wasn't THAT
> different ...and then it dawned on me that I could intermix vb.net with
> c#.net in the same project and VS didn't care ...so much so that I
> stopped
> translating and started just using C# when that was what I had ...and
> then
> it became rote to do some things in C# and others in vb.net ...which is
> basically where I am today.
>
> ...I use whatever is most productive for me ...if I knew then what I
> know
> now, I'd have never wasted a minute learning vb.net ...not because its
> any
> less capable than C#, but because its in much wider use among those
> producing the type of code I need and therefore much, much more sample
> code
> is available in it.
>
> ...that is the reason you find me saying C# when people new to net ask
> which
> they should learn.
>
> ...I don't like the brackets any better than anyone else coming from the
> vb
> world ...but I love regions ...it's a trade off ...and the brackets are
> not
> nearly as hard to read as you, Charlotte, and Drew are positing ...once
> you
> get past the short learning curve, they're second nature.
>
> William
> p.s. ...anagnorisis IS a cool word ...had to look it up as well ...have
> to
> pass that one on to Pamela ;)
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