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- From: jmcguire@crl.com (Jon McGuire)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Basic or C++?
- Followup-To: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 05:03:36 -0800
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- 1. Many sources indicate there are now more VB programmers. Numbers range
- from 3 to 5 million with an estimated 8.5 million programmers total (most
- of the rest of whom are COBOL people).
-
- 2. VB programmers can generally make better money these days (oddly
- enough, because good VC programmers are easier to find).
-
- 3. VB is easier to use, learn and maintain. A large-scale VB project done
- by professionals will be much easier to maintain than any similar VC
- project (I know; I've been closely involved in and even managed such
- projects).
-
- 4. On the other hand, if you're just starting out, you'll end up being a
- better programmer if you start with VC then switch to VB. I'll catch a
- lot of flak for that, but when I'm hiring that's the kind of person I
- prefer. Then I KNOW they know the Windows API and that they must have at
- least a little bit of discipline (really in VC it isn't so much
- "discipline" as it is "painful torture", but...)
-
- --j.
-
- Lee Cooper (leec@kuwait.net) wrote:
- >> Which programming language is more widespread in the PC world - is it Visual
- >> Basic or Visual C++?
-
- >> Which is easier to learn?
-
- >> Thanks
-
