Re: VB or C#
- From: Paul Clement <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:46:46 -0500
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:25:43 -0400, "Rick" <rickNOSPAMnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
¤ > The bottom line is that you should choose the language which best suits
¤ > you. Neither is better than
¤ > the other and each has its advantages. If you're referring to the .NET
¤ > languages, a study by
¤ > Forrester Research indicates that 59 percent of .NET developers use Visual
¤ > Basic.NET as their only
¤ > programming language, and 37 percent of enterprises use Visual Basic.NET
¤ > for development and
¤ > maintenance of their in-house applications. Microsoft has no intention of
¤ > discontinuing it.
¤
¤ I don't know... reportedly upwards of six million people used the classic
¤ version of VB (VB6 or earlier) and they killed that.
Was it six? I thought it was ten. ;-)
I'm sure it was high until the Java market began to eat away at it in the late 90s.
¤ Yes, I know you contend VB.NET was the next version after VB6; but my
¤ contention is that without full upward code mobility support, it wasn't.
Yes, and that was half a decade ago. You can continue to ruminate about what was but that isn't
going to help you move forward - or move on. ;-)
Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
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