Re: Getting confused about += and simular

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DutchMaster11 wrote:
Wow - was that rant really called for?

I thought it quite restrained, actually. Very fair and balanced, to abuse a phrase.

If you're a computer programmer and you think you're going to program
in one language your whole life, you are SORELY mistaken (particularly
if you think VB6 will be that language).

What a perfectly asinine thing to say. Especially given your audience. But let's
guess how long you've been out of diapers, shall we? Twenty years, perhaps?

In addition, you should be
THANKFUL that MS went the length it did to try to make VB6'ers feel as
comfortable as possible with .NET.

LOL!

Is it perfect? Certainly not from your P.O.V.

Nor anyone's, dare I say? Certainly not anyone whose opinion is due any respect
whatsoever. To a soul, I'm sure each and every member of its very devteam would
have to say it's no where near perfection. Gimme a break.

In addition, VB.Net is a perfectly accurate name for the product. It
is a .NET language using VB Syntax.

If that were the case, identical code would produce identical results. Since the
same code produces different results, depending on the interpreter, it's clearly
*not* an accurate name for the new language.

I'm sorry to say that those who
reject .NET for VB6 simply have a less-than-adequate understand of
computer programming as a whole.

ROTFLMAO!

I know I will get flamed (more than likely) since this IS a VB6 group
- so let me re-state that I also love VB6 and which they made a VB7 -
but get with the times my man. When used properly .NET can by 100
times faster, more powerful, and simpler than VB6. Here is a good
example - try to write a PING function that pings an IP Address and
returns TRUE or FALSE - and doesnt take 30 seconds to come back. You
will find yourself frustrated sooner than later. In VB.NET you can
simply call:

Ping = My.Computer.Network.Ping(vHost, 1000)

To each their own, I guess.

Yeah, right. <yawn> You've chosen to hand over all your business logic, presumably
the very keys to your sustainance, to MSFT. Live Long and Prosper. <LOL>
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