At the very least, this question should not be asked anymore and people should avail themselves of the search capability.
>From: Valery Pryamikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: dotnet discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Difference between C# and VB.NET >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:26:54 +0200 > >Hi, >Searching list archives [1] for: > >VB and C and language and ( difference or better ) > >Gives a list of 506 articles with most of them related to subj. Tons of >pro and cons for each particular language could be found there. And now >the question: >Is there someone who would take a challenge to go through all these >articles, pick the most relevant of them and put some kind of >article/overview (with links) on the web? > >-Valery. > >[1] http://discuss.develop.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Steven Fraser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:22 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Difference between C# and VB.NET > >I'm trying to make as strong a case as possible for going with c# rather >than VB.NET for a project. > >If anything, with C# you don't have to type as much. > >Anyway thanks for the comments. Especially that interview piece. >Regards, > Steven Fraser > >The views expressed here are mine and not those of my employer > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Birkby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 25 April 2002 09:11 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Difference between C# and VB.NET > > >Here you go (slightly biased!): > >VB C# >======================================================================== >==== >====== >Write late bound code easily > Incremental compilation > XML Comments > Less buggy (more testing >was carried out) > Formally standardized >(ie good documentation) >Parameterized Properties >Exception filtering Only has standard exception >handling >The neat "Handles" keyword >Able to write VS.Net Add-ins > More performance* > Operator Overloading > > >Quotations: > >"Just as C is the language of Windows, C# is the language of .NET." >Dr GUI.Net #0, November 2000 > > >"When asked who Microsoft sees as the developer audience for VB, the >answers >were enlightening. Treadwell characterized developers as coming from two >camps, those who would approach the problem of writing a tic-tac-toe >game by >drawing the UI first (VB developers) and those who would first create >the >classes and code required for the game logic ("computer science" >developers). The interviewees said that Microsoft would make further >alterations to VB to help target that entry-level audience. >Unfortunately, >no one would comment on exactly what such alterations might entail. So >despite the relative parity that VB.NET has achieved within the .NET >language family, it's still seen, internally, as the "entry-level" >language" >Anders Hejlsberg, David Treadwell, and Prashant Sridharan, Devx.com >interview, Feb 2002 > > > >Richard >* Try to ILDASM the following: > >Dim s As System.String >s="hello" >If s="" Then >End If > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. --------------------- Sam Gentile .NET Consultant Co-author: Wrox Visual C++ .NET: A primer for C++ developers BLOG: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/DotNet.htm http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ --------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
