[Ilugc] About Linux advocacy in colleges (failed in CEG)

[Gopalarathnam V]

Yes! VB+Win32+blahblah powerful, but check out the code that is being
generated by the VB compiler.  Its nasty!  And the point of fact is VB
is proprietary unlike M$'s C# (C#'s specification has been released to
ECMA standards).  So, I guess no good implementation for VB itself can
come in the near future that generates better code.  Also, M$ is
promoting C# in favor of VB.

So, C# is probably a viable alternative for VB and its implementation
is available on both Win32 and GNU/Linux.

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:07:20 +0530, Sriram Krishnan <ksriram at gmx.net> wrote:
> I've actually seen a debugger written in VB. So before you say VB is not
> powerful, I would say "think again" Vb+Win32API+COM is a pretty powerful
> combination.
> 
> Sriram
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Jose Tharayil [mailto:tom at tharayil.com]
> Sent: 06 July 2004 14:45
> To: suraj at symonds.net
> Cc: ilugc at ae.iitm.ac.in
> Subject: Re: [Ilugc] About Linux advocacy in colleges (failed in CEG)
> 
> > Gopalarathnam V wrote:
> > ,----
> > | Most geeks don't VB because its an M$ product, and I don't like it
> > | for its elaborated syntax.
> > `----
> >
> > I agree  VB is simpler in  terms of how  its done and it  probably has
> > lesser power  than, say, perl/tk.  But  isn't it a bit  unfair to rate
> > someone as 'non-geek' just because  he/she writes VB code
> 
> I totally agree....
> this sort of condescending behaviour just is not acceptable
> 
> >? I know lots
> > of  non-geek,  below-average  perl  programmers  and  some  "good"  VB
> >programmers.
> 
> extremely true
> >
> > IMHO, Its their involvement  and approach that decides whether someone
> > is a geek. Not what tools they use.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> >   -Suraj
> >
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Gopalarathnam V.

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