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- From: dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith)
- Subject: Re: Need info on Visual BASIC
- Message-ID: <BtG1A8.Gu8@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Aug21.213410.4948@wam.umd.edu> <rrempel.714439747@sfu.ca> <1992Aug23.044959.21045@engr.uark.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 15:49:18 GMT
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- Just wanted to add my enthusiastic support for Visual BASIC. It is not
- just for small projects. I'm up to forty forms, forty modules, 500K
- executable, 15,000 lines of code, and still going strong. I started out
- just intending to prototype the user interface and kept right on going.
- I believe I qualify as a technoweenie, but when I see the right tool for
- the job I stick with it.
-
- It is also very educational. I think HyperCard was revolutionary, ToolBook
- is a HyperCard knockoff, and Visual BASIC is a very significant extension of
- the HyperCard idea. Everyone should at least TRY it.
-
- The limitations: as currently structured, I don't see how it could be
- used for projects with more than a VERY small team of programmers. And
- execution speed, while VERY acceptable for in-house, contract, or
- specialized jobs (MUCH better than ToolBook or HyperCard or, IMHO,
- Smalltalk), would not quite be good enough for mass-market shrink-wrapped
- commercial software.
-
- Biggest problem with VB is that it doesn't look macho on your resume.
- I wish to heck they had called it "ADVANCED".
-
- Oh, and there's very good access to the Windows API and DLL's via
- DECLARE statements, so you can explore the "real" Windows stuff, too.
-
-
- --
- Daniel P. B. Smith
- dpbsmith@world.std.com
-