Re: VB AND VB.NET

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In my case, I don't mind rewriting everything for .NET, but...
I want to be able to do so when the features change and I have
a valid reason for the rewrite, language not withstanding, not just
because there is a new technology on the block and I want to
jump on it NOW!

Regards
Saga

"Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:68vrg1dh4u9rk7r3f1sjrsijtn9ps78gd6@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:24:52 -0400, "Rick Rothstein [MVP - Visual
> Basic]"
> <rickNOSPAMnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ¤ > Look at it this way, you've now had almost three and
> ¤ > a half years to modify or rewrite *deprecated* code.
> ¤
> ¤ I don't want to rewrite all of my old code just for the privilege of
> ¤ being able to move up to VB.NET... I want to be able to
> maintain/edit my
> ¤ old code within VB.NET using the language constructs it was
> originally
> ¤ designed with, add new functionalilty to it using new features
> available
> ¤ in VB.NET and write my new programs exclusively in VB.NET using the
> new
> ¤ features and language constructs of VB.NET.
> ¤
>
> If you don't want to rewrite or modify existing code then deprecation
> of old or outdated features
> can never occur.
>
>
> Paul
> ~~~~
> Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)


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