Re: VB6Twilighted --

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From: Earl (brikshoe_at_newsgroups.nospam)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:58:03 -0500

The .Net framework is going to be part of all future Microsoft OSs, so I
think in terms of language-development decisions, that should be a
non-issue.

"Tom_OM" <dontspamme@junkmailstinks.com> wrote in message
news:7hics01da8ok2440um70q7n0lomqbedt54@4ax.com...
>I haven't heard of that, but if it's true I might consider giving dot
> net another look. Decompilation is by far my number one objection to
> dot net.
>
> I'm also not happy with the fact that no dot net app can be run unless
> the user downloads the 21 MB dot net framework. Ouch! Some of my
> users are on dialup and some live in countries that charge by the
> minute for local calls. It would be very unfair to ask them to
> download 21 megs on top of whatever size my app is. Of course, this
> issue will fade as Win XP gets more and more common since it includes
> the dot net framework.
>
> I've heard of some developers avoiding decompilation by creating only
> the interface in dot net and then linking to DLLs they've created in
> C++. However, if you're going to do that, why not just create the
> whole thing in the Borland C++ Builder?
>
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:42:57 -0600, "Brian Schwartz"
> <brian@fishnetcomponentswos.com> wrote:
>
>>> I'm skipping VB.Net. I won't use anything that lets anyone who feels
>>> like it decompile my code.
>>
>>Isn't there some kind of compile option that makes it harder/impossible
>>for
>>decompilation? Something to do with turning off JIT...turning your exe
>>into
>>a non-platform-independent exe so it doesn't have to be JITed and as a
>>result also cannot be decompiled...
>
> *********************************
> Just say NO to VB.NET.
> Try RealBASIC.

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