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- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
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- Date: 15 Feb 1996 09:02:24 -0500
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- Scott (scottv@cstone.net) wrote:
- : equivalent of 100 statements in C++ ... the overhead of interpreting the one
- : statement per 100 c++ instructions is pretty minimal for the flexibility and
- : simplicity gained by the language. A VB program is as good as the programmer
- : ... unload processing onto APIs and controls that are written in C/C++/ASM.
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- Tell that to the end user. In situations where the end user is paying for
- the finished product, as opposed to development time (ie shrinkwrap) Visual
- Basic is useless. Even if you unload the processing onto DLLs, the
- interface crawls on a VB application compared to one coded in C/C++. A
- seasoned MFC developer can crank out an interface as fast as any VB coder
- can, plus the interface will be quicker and (IMHO) more professional
- looking.
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