Have you tried searching? The first 100 articles using Valery's search are mostly irrelevant. There was one post from a VB program manager which was useful and mentioned VB's with blocks and C# unsafe mode.
My free time ran out after I'd read 100 posts. Hopefully this current thread will answer future queries on the subject. Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Sam Gentile > Sent: 25 April 2002 15:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Difference between C# and VB.NET > > > 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. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
