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- From: gcopelan@cyberramp.net (George Copeland)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 18:20:11 GMT
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- "Terje A. Bergesen" <terje@mail.inett.no> wrote:
-
- >Oh yes, VB is still BASIC. It has evolved some (or A LOT in fact),
- >but it is still BASIC. It has funtctions and stuff but it is still
- >basic. It is not even the best BASIC out there.
-
- >And why on earth they STILL have it interpreted is beyond me...
- >It is not that easy to create a multithreaded program in an interpreted
- >language. Well, OK, not *that* difficult maybe, but still probably
- >*way* beyond the capabilities of MS.
-
- Forgive me, but your attitude is absolutely moronic. VB is comparable
- to Pascal in every way, except for I/O, which VB handles *MUCH*
- better. It is interpreted because it makes the executables miniscule
- in size. Why compile all that window-manipulation code in each
- program when they all do the same thing? Doesn't this part of the
- project sound like the part that should be written in C and called,
- just like Microsoft implemented it?
-
- Multithreading, eh? You really think you are ready to write a
- multhreaded application? Given that you don't appear to know the
- basics of project management, I sincerely doubt it.
-
- And as for Microsoft, from my perspective, they are a company that
- puts products out there that help me do my job. What the heck have
- you done to help anyone lately, pal?
-
-