ObscureCoder wrote

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I am a Cat

Thought i would put myself among you Pigeons

ObscureCoder perhaps you should read my sticky Forums/t=4961623/beginners-guide-...mming.html

The Conclusion section may be quite relevant.

Programming languages are a lot to do with preference, I have programmed in Visual Basic for around 18 Years, in a commercial environment. So please don't make assumptions that any language is "bad", as anything that is bad, will not survive such a harsh IT world.

I can switch between any language that i need to achieve a particular job, but if VB fits, i use it.

Bashful, nice to see you actually putting the effort in the section, I have been absent for a while, but glad to see the section has not died off completely.

If you wanted to use .NET then why use Visual Basic when the better alternative of C# exists. The culture that surrounds Visual Basic makes it an embarrassment.

I want to use Visual Basic because it is my choice of language, and considering the company I have been working with for 18 years is an extremely successful Software House (Commercial Software not games) and my company is reliant on my software to maintain the £40M turnover. Your argument is invalid.

I am not going to continue, but I believe you are blinded by your own opinions.

Imp wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote Hello

I am a Cat

Thought i would put myself among you Pigeons

ObscureCoder perhaps you should read my sticky Forums/t=4961623/beginners-guide-...mming.html

The Conclusion section may be quite relevant.

Programming languages are a lot to do with preference, I have programmed in Visual Basic for around 18 Years, in a commercial environment. So please don't make assumptions that any language is "bad", as anything that is bad, will not survive such a harsh IT world.

I can switch between any language that i need to achieve a particular job, but if VB fits, i use it.

Bashful, nice to see you actually putting the effort in the section, I have been absent for a while, but glad to see the section has not died off completely.

If you wanted to use .NET then why use Visual Basic when the better alternative of C# exists. The culture that surrounds Visual Basic makes it an embarrassment.

I want to use Visual Basic because it is my choice of language, and considering the company I have been working with for 18 years is an extremely successful Software House (Commercial Software not games) and my company is reliant on my software to maintain the £40M turnover. Your argument is invalid.

I am not going to continue, but I believe you are blinded by your own opinions.

Heck, if it's useful for you to use then sure. I personally don't use VB .net and will never need to.

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote Hello

I am a Cat

Thought i would put myself among you Pigeons

ObscureCoder perhaps you should read my sticky Forums/t=4961623/beginners-guide-...mming.html

The Conclusion section may be quite relevant.

Programming languages are a lot to do with preference, I have programmed in Visual Basic for around 18 Years, in a commercial environment. So please don't make assumptions that any language is "bad", as anything that is bad, will not survive such a harsh IT world.

I can switch between any language that i need to achieve a particular job, but if VB fits, i use it.

Bashful, nice to see you actually putting the effort in the section, I have been absent for a while, but glad to see the section has not died off completely.

If you wanted to use .NET then why use Visual Basic when the better alternative of C# exists. The culture that surrounds Visual Basic makes it an embarrassment.

I want to use Visual Basic because it is my choice of language, and considering the company I have been working with for 18 years is an extremely successful Software House (Commercial Software not games) and my company is reliant on my software to maintain the £40M turnover. Your argument is invalid.

I am not going to continue, but I believe you are blinded by your own opinions.

Heck, if it's useful for you to use then sure. I personally don't use VB .net and will never need to.

You don't need to use anything.
It's all optional.

Bashful wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote Hello

I am a Cat

Thought i would put myself among you Pigeons

ObscureCoder perhaps you should read my sticky Forums/t=4961623/beginners-guide-...mming.html

The Conclusion section may be quite relevant.

Programming languages are a lot to do with preference, I have programmed in Visual Basic for around 18 Years, in a commercial environment. So please don't make assumptions that any language is "bad", as anything that is bad, will not survive such a harsh IT world.

I can switch between any language that i need to achieve a particular job, but if VB fits, i use it.

Bashful, nice to see you actually putting the effort in the section, I have been absent for a while, but glad to see the section has not died off completely.

If you wanted to use .NET then why use Visual Basic when the better alternative of C# exists. The culture that surrounds Visual Basic makes it an embarrassment.

I want to use Visual Basic because it is my choice of language, and considering the company I have been working with for 18 years is an extremely successful Software House (Commercial Software not games) and my company is reliant on my software to maintain the £40M turnover. Your argument is invalid.

I am not going to continue, but I believe you are blinded by your own opinions.

Heck, if it's useful for you to use then sure. I personally don't use VB .net and will never need to.

You don't need to use anything.
It's all optional.

Well, actually, no. In some working places, they need code that integrates into an already written VB .net system. Of-course I'm certain that C# shared libs would have my back but if it's core program changing then you'd probably have to write it in the original language.

tl;dr - Sometimes certain languages are required by workplaces to integrate with already existing systems. In my own, personal, work I can just use whatever language I see suitable (as you said).

ObscureCoder wrote

Bashful wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote Hello

I am a Cat

Thought i would put myself among you Pigeons

ObscureCoder perhaps you should read my sticky Forums/t=4961623/beginners-guide-...mming.html

The Conclusion section may be quite relevant.

Programming languages are a lot to do with preference, I have programmed in Visual Basic for around 18 Years, in a commercial environment. So please don't make assumptions that any language is "bad", as anything that is bad, will not survive such a harsh IT world.

I can switch between any language that i need to achieve a particular job, but if VB fits, i use it.

Bashful, nice to see you actually putting the effort in the section, I have been absent for a while, but glad to see the section has not died off completely.

If you wanted to use .NET then why use Visual Basic when the better alternative of C# exists. The culture that surrounds Visual Basic makes it an embarrassment.

I want to use Visual Basic because it is my choice of language, and considering the company I have been working with for 18 years is an extremely successful Software House (Commercial Software not games) and my company is reliant on my software to maintain the £40M turnover. Your argument is invalid.

I am not going to continue, but I believe you are blinded by your own opinions.

Heck, if it's useful for you to use then sure. I personally don't use VB .net and will never need to.

You don't need to use anything.
It's all optional.

Well, actually, no. In some working places, they need code that integrates into an already written VB .net system. Of-course I'm certain that C# shared libs would have my back but if it's core program changing then you'd probably have to write it in the original language.

tl;dr - Sometimes certain languages are required by workplaces to integrate with already existing systems. In my own, personal, work I can just use whatever language I see suitable (as you said).

To be honest, I don't care. This has been such a pointless conversation this whole duration, and you're still finding a reason to argue.

The point was, if you are developing software you are not forced into a language.

Yes, the company you work for may only use Java, but you accepted your position knowing that.

You made that choice.

Bashful wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Bashful wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote

ObscureCoder wrote

Imp wrote Hello

I am a Cat

Thought i would put myself among you Pigeons

ObscureCoder perhaps you should read my sticky Forums/t=4961623/beginners-guide-...mming.html

The Conclusion section may be quite relevant.

Programming languages are a lot to do with preference, I have programmed in Visual Basic for around 18 Years, in a commercial environment. So please don't make assumptions that any language is "bad", as anything that is bad, will not survive such a harsh IT world.

I can switch between any language that i need to achieve a particular job, but if VB fits, i use it.

Bashful, nice to see you actually putting the effort in the section, I have been absent for a while, but glad to see the section has not died off completely.

If you wanted to use .NET then why use Visual Basic when the better alternative of C# exists. The culture that surrounds Visual Basic makes it an embarrassment.

I want to use Visual Basic because it is my choice of language, and considering the company I have been working with for 18 years is an extremely successful Software House (Commercial Software not games) and my company is reliant on my software to maintain the £40M turnover. Your argument is invalid.

I am not going to continue, but I believe you are blinded by your own opinions.

Heck, if it's useful for you to use then sure. I personally don't use VB .net and will never need to.

You don't need to use anything.
It's all optional.

Well, actually, no. In some working places, they need code that integrates into an already written VB .net system. Of-course I'm certain that C# shared libs would have my back but if it's core program changing then you'd probably have to write it in the original language.

tl;dr - Sometimes certain languages are required by workplaces to integrate with already existing systems. In my own, personal, work I can just use whatever language I see suitable (as you said).

To be honest, I don't care. This has been such a pointless conversation this whole duration, and you're still finding a reason to argue.

The point was, if you are developing software you are not forced into a language.

Yes, the company you work for may only use Java, but you accepted your position knowing that.

You made that choice.

If you're extending a program at the core, then you're pretty much forced to use the language it was originally written in. I don't know any programmers who only know one language and I also don't know any programmers who only do one language in their job - there's a choice yet sometimes there's really not if it's not brand new software. There's still people having to write VB6 to incorporate into legacy code.

Really nice program, only thing that would make it better is naming the folders