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- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: 27 Jan 1996 10:48:19 GMT
- Organization: Galahad
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- Bob Ross wrote:
- > I too invested lots of time and money into VB. My suggestion to
- >you is that if you have to use VB, use version 3.0. Otherwise, switch to
- >Delphi. Sure, the learning curve is a little more steep, but it is well
- >worth the effort. By all means, avoid VB4 like the plague. It is a
- >complete and utter piece of shit.
- >
- > Pete
-
- The author of the Internet blinker I'm using couldn't find a use for the
- bloat in VB 3.0 and purposely chose VB 2.0. See
- ftp://ftp.mcs.net/mcsnet.users/jvwater/ or
- http://www.mcs.com/~jvwater/galahad.html for details. So VB's problems
- have gone unresolved for quite a while, probably due to MS marketing
- combined with the lack of excellent competition.
-
- Paul Rice
-