Re: Which to use VB.NET or C#?


"Kevin Spencer" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> the .Net Framework is free, and comes with command-line compilers for
> hobbyists, the less financially "fortunate," and the misguided "purists."
>

Yours is a very bad assumption here. I never denied the usefulness of an IDE
such as VS.Net. I was anwering to the OP that text editiors can be used to
write very good codes in any languages.

> However, as a professional, and the programming biz being highly
> competitive as well as high-pressure, I don't see how anyone could compete
> in the marketplace without tools like Visual Studio. It's all about
> productivity.
>

I know this. And my company knows this !
In my opinion, IDE gets you into a habit of too dependent on its automation
features.
Remember mother used to point at the TV set and said: "This is a very stupid
box !" . Remember that ?

> When I was a carpenter, back in Skokie Indiana, I learned a valuable
> lesson from my boss. He told me that, to succeed in the carpentry biz, I
> should pick up new tools as often as possible. Now that I build software
> instead of houses for a living, I have found that advice even more
> appropriate.
>

This reminds me that our ancestors had a very simple set of chisels and
hammer and some of their arts are still very tough to be duplicated by today
modern tools !

John


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