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- From: mobergru@oslonett.no (Rune Moberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: 27 Jan 1996 17:56:22 +0100
- Organization: CD-Player Pro author!
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- In article <3108EBD0.A7A@entertain.com>,
- Paul Morrison <rxhead@entertain.com> wrote:
- >Sorry, I took the bait! VB is a real language also. I would invite you to spend a little time with the
- >IDE and see just how powerful this "non-real" language is! Add Desaware SpyWorks control and I am happily
- >doing many things you will do with C++. VB is not the BASIC that you are thinking. And VB ain't in
- >Kansas anymore. It has grown to be a very useful and productive language for a variety of different
- >applications.
-
- I haven't seen SpyWorks, but Delphi 1.0 does this right out of the box.
-
- IMO, it has a better IDE than VB4, while offering a powerful language that
- indeed can be compared to C++. Of course, SpyWorks probably enhances this,
- but whatever it does, I'm sure can be built for Delphi too. The difference
- is that any enhancements can be done with Delphi and doesn't require a second
- development language.
-
- VB is BASIC with a few added keywords and the possibility to use VBXs and
- DLLs. Performancewise it's still the BASIC we've all learned to love/hate.
- (insert rumours of the old QuickBasic being a true compiler here)
-
- >Yes speed costs and I will have my app done a heck of a lot quicker than you will with C++. So I guess
- >speed will cost your clients!
-
- And I will have an even faster application implemented in less hours.
- ;-)
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