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- From: Jim Buch <jbuch@earthlink.net>
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- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?" - Dumping Service EPA Qualified Announcement
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 05:31:37 GMT
- Organization: NB Research
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- ANNOUNCING Visual Basic Dumping Service
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- What do you do with TOXIC CODE ? Yes, I mean Visual Basic versions 1 to
- 4 and standard to professional. You can't simply keep this stuff in your
- office. The EPA ( Extremists Programmers Association ) won't let you
- simply slip the stuff into the trash.
-
- I will safely dispose of this TOXIC CODE for you. The fees are
- affordable, only $0.20 per megabyte - same as storing it on a hard drive.
-
- Just pack up the code, disks, manuals, and miscellaneous paperwork and
- ship to :
-
- NB Research
- 1927 Harbor Blvd, Suite 305
- Costa Mesa CA 92627
- (714) 645-9178
-
- and include the payment according to the product for
- disposal.
-
- chungh@Hawaii.Edu (Chung Hong) wrote:
- >: 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)
- >
- >I agree, but the poor performance is one of the lesser evils of VB.
- >I mean VB4 is now a f*cked up, mish mash, of poorly bolted on extensions
- >to an orignally crappy language. I mean you can get some things done with it,
- >but if you've ever used Delphi, you'd realize what a disadvantage it is to use
- >VB when you've got a kick-ass tool like Delphi. VB is poorly designed for
- >for it. But VB is such a piece of crap and pales in comparison to Delphi,
- >that I'll just stick to Delphi, and live with the lower chance of finding a
- >job. At least if I find one, I'll be much more happy than dealing with the
- >frustrations of a constraining and clumsy VB environment. Development of
- >software is about enabling new possibilities, and VB is just too damn
- >limiting. As a developer with a conscience, I can't possibly take a VB
- >job and live with myself. Somewhat facetious but also true to heart.
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- --
- James D Buch "I don't study anything. Well,
- NB Research I study porosity and surely, there
- Costa Mesa, CA is nothing to that! Is there?"
- 714.645.9178
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