Re: which to learn? C, C#, VB6, VB.Net?

From: Larry Serflaten (serflaten_at_usinternet.com)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:38:44 -0500

"alpine" <alpine_don'tsendspam@mvps.org> wrote

> So, you agree that they *are* using C based languages internally. Got
> it! ;-)

Yes, I'd agree 'most' of their .NET work is 'probably' done in C#.

> I see you've also bought into the "spiel" that the marketing
> department is spewing despite the history of incompatibility with MS's
> BASIC based languages. Got that too! ;-)

That's no play on words from some marketing guy, its my own opinion
from understanding how much any managed language relies on the .NET
framework. MS has no vendetta to break backward compatability just
to keep BASIC developers on their toes. BASIC has always been a high
level language, and you'd find different reditions of it from different vendors
on their different platforms. It is no surprise that a platform change would
bring about a new version of BASIC. When COM was introduced, guess
what, the rules changed and so did VB. But that version lasted until the
next change in the platform, ala .NET.

So if MS is adding .NET to their enterprise (SQL) servers and nearly
everything else under the sun, it is a safe bet they expect that paradgm
to last a good long while. Those that think software is meant to run
forever are living in a dream world! <g>

LFS

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