Some things can make a Difference

Well a lot of people will skip reading by now because the word VB.NET is going to be used in the next few lines. But there are ZeeSjarpers out there that really NEED vb. Have a read of this article and see why some people would use VB in a C# program.

Sure sure a lot of people will say 'I don't need VB for that I can build the function myself' and these people are right. But then I can recommend them to write C++ or even better Assembler, then you can build everything yourself.

 

Published 08-27-2004 7:19 PM by Patrick Wellink
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# re: Some things can make a Difference

Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:42 AM by Patrick Wellink
LOL. I don;t care in which language I have to work. There are things in VB I like, and there are things in C# as well. And you saw in my posting I now use both in one project :-)

# re: Some things can make a Difference

Saturday, August 28, 2004 3:12 PM by Patrick Wellink
I wonder why you post this kind of articles, like you want to defend yourself...

Maybe there's a reason why you feel this way ;-)

# re: Some things can make a Difference

Saturday, August 28, 2004 7:04 PM by Patrick Wellink

Yep Ernst there is a reason why I feel this way.....

For some obscure reason everybody went from vb to c#.

There is no real reason for that, and in a lot of companies it was a MANAGEMENT decision. And now everybody is brainwashed and won't even take vb serious.

At least that is the way it seems.....

# re: Some things can make a Difference

Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:41 PM by Patrick Wellink
Patrick,

In our case (you and me and almost everyone who posts at this blogserver) management did indeed make the decision to change from VB6 to C#. That's kinda odd because management usually knows diddley squad about technology.
But in this case they were advised by very senior consultants and some management of our unit does know a bit about .net (like Mark).

Anyway, it did sound obvious to change from VB6 to VB.NET. But after a while of getting used to it, I like C# better.
Why? There are a lot of reasons, but my choice and reasons don't matter. It's like a religious discussion, no-one will win.
Just use the language you like, depending which solution you want to build.

And as for our discussions about C# and VB.NET...
We like a funny discussion and you bring out the best in us ;-)

# re: Some things can make a Difference

Monday, August 30, 2004 12:10 AM by Patrick Wellink
Ernst...

Couldn't have said it better myself....
And hey..... Just because there is some kind of establishment...... You should kick it just every now and then....... Just to keep everybody awake....

And oh yes..... Just because some Heavy dudes had a look at it, doesn't make it a good management decision at all....Do you know how many very expensive heavy dude advisors told the dutch people they Really Really REALLY need a 'Betuwe lijn' ..... If you need somebody else to prove your point to don't even bother.........

A good management decision would be...
Hmmm we got XXX mony from the customer and we got YYY work to do....

Dammmm programmer Go to work, program as fast as you can, deliver YYYY for XX and we want it yesterday....

And NO we don't care if you smell and if you walk backwards as long as you get the job done in time with the tools you need.....

What are you saying... VB...C#.... who the hell cares, as long as it gets the job done in time.. please don't bother me with details.......

# re: Some things can make a Difference

Monday, August 30, 2004 3:12 AM by Patrick Wellink
Blame me (for the C# advise)! And I agree that VB.NET does have its place. No language can be good in everything.

By the way, the advise for C# was more motivated by non-language factors than the languages themselves: (non-Microsoft) tool support being an important one...

# re: Some things can make a Difference

Monday, August 30, 2004 7:17 AM by Patrick Wellink
I was not referring only to our company Gerke... It is more general than that....