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R. Sowden
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Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?
This is interesting. When I started with computers in 1977 (TRS-80 Model
I), I was the ta
June 22, 2016 1:38 PM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?
On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, at 04:27 PM, Paul Hill wrote:
VB was killed about a year after Fox
Except crucially the VB6 runtimes have 'It Just Works' status meaning
they will cont
Left a company over their inability to consider porting from an OVERLOADED
VB6 app into something more modern. We needed to validate price lists off
the web to get workers comp insurance payment values and that VB6 app
couldn't do it. We had a lot more issues like processing time on the SQL
serve
A lot of companies, notably of small and medium sizes, invested
heavily in writing
VB applications for company use!
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Alan Bourke wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, at 04:27 PM, Paul Hill wrote:
>
>> VB was killed about a year after Fox
>
> Except crucially the VB6 runti
As microsoft said windows 10 is the last windows, no i didn't get that one
either, and VFP works with windows 10, no problem
Al
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, at 04:27 PM, Paul Hill wrote:
> VB was killed about a year after Fox
Except crucially the VB6 runtimes have 'It Just Works' status meaning
they will continue to work in future versions of Windows.
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 6:10 AM, Allen wrote:
> Good advice JM
> Al
>
> -Original Message- From: Jean Laeremans Sent: Tuesday, June 21,
> 2016 1:00 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming
> Language Should
On 21 June 2016 at 15:13, Kurt Wendt wrote:
> Ha ha - Gotcha. Although - whereas - VFP was officially shot by a firing
> squad publicly - VB has yet to be publicly Killed! :-)
VB was killed about a year after Fox. VB.NET is nothing like VB.
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On 2016-06-21 05:00, Dave Crozier wrote:
No, not correct.
There are 3 kinds of people in the world, people who can count and
people who can't
;-)
Dave
That would factor in the NULL folks? lol
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Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 6:17 PM
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On 2016-06-20 14:35, Kurt Wendt wrote:
> Seems Many figure VB is on the way out
Where have we heard that bef
Good advice JM
Al
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From: Jean Laeremans
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 1:00 PM
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Better leave those 'Wurst' alone Al
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Better leave those 'Wurst' alone Al
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Allen wrote:
> And what about the other two?
> Al
>
> -Original Message- From: Dave Crozier
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And what about the other two?
Al
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From: Dave Crozier
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 11:00 AM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: RE: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?
No, not correct.
There are 3 kinds of people in the world, people who can count and
mming Language Should I Learn?
On 20/06/2016 19:51, Ted Roche wrote:
> "There's 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary,
> and those who don't"
>
Actually there are II kinds of people in the world, those who understand Roman
numerals,
On 20/06/2016 19:51, Ted Roche wrote:
"There's 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary,
and those who don't"
Actually there are II kinds of people in the world, those who understand
Roman numerals, and those who don't.
Peter
This communication is intended for the person
True Alan ... AND I should have written _using_ NOT _Using_ as you so tactfully
pointed out :)
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, at 08:35 AM, Paul Newton wrote:
> But it does have _Using_ ... unlike VB and VFP
Although C# 'using' is different in that it is a shorthand for disposing
of IDisposable objects properly whereas 'With' in VFP is just shorthand
to avoid typing.
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But it does have _Using_ ... unlike VB and VFP
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From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Russell
Sent: 20 June 2016 19:00
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What she said.
Outside of
As opposed to the same INSANE CLR?
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From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Alvey
Sent: 20 June 2016 18:56
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If you're using .NET, then it do
On 2016-06-20 14:35, Kurt Wendt wrote:
Seems Many figure VB is on the way out
Where have we heard that before.
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gt; > > coding in C# - when we were supposed to be a VB shop. So - in the
> end
> >> - the
> >> > > CTO decided to let Each Programmer decide what they would prefer to
> >> code
> >> > > in. So - now we are officially a 2 language shop!
> &
t; > >
>> > > On Fri, 17 Jun 2016, at 06:21 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote:
>> > > > Yeah - I started on an Apple II doing BASIC in 1980. Dabbled in BASIC
>> > > > for years - then 'fell in love' with TurboPascal.
>> > > >
>> > > &g
> >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Kurt Wendt
> > > Senior Systems Analyst
> > >
> > >
> > > Tel. +1-212-747-9100
> > > www.GlobeTax.com
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From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 2:30 PM
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Except it does matter if the frameworks and tooling
> > Kurt Wendt
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> >
> >
> > Tel. +1-212-747-9100
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan
> > Bourke
> > Sent: Friday
e officially a 2 language shop!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kurt Wendt
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> >
> >
> > Tel. +1-212-747-9100
> > www.GlobeTax.com
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> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: ProfoxTech
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> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan
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From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:40 PM
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I say, pick one language on the big nanny runtimes, and get really good at
both.
F# is my preferred language on the CLR, and Clojure is my favorite on the
JVM.
Clojure in particular is worth learning. It's a Lisp that's evolved on a
mature, ubiquitous runtime at the epicenter of big data, paralle
s
>>> > - and get my head wrapped around a new language...
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Kurt Wendt
>>> > Senior Systems Analyst
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Tel. +1-212-747-9100
>>> > www.GlobeTax.com
>
head wrapped around a new language...
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Kurt Wendt
>>> > Senior Systems Analyst
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Tel. +1-212-747-9100
>>> > www.GlobeTax.com
>>> >
>>>
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>> > Tel. +1-212-747-9100
>> > www.GlobeTax.com
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>> > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of John
>> > R. Sowden
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> > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of John
> > R. Sowden
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Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?
This is interesting. When I started with computers in 1977 (TRS-80 Model I), I
was the target market for computers, software, etc. I am a small
businessperson who invested time and energy
This is interesting. When I started with computers in 1977 (TRS-80
Model I), I was the target market for computers, software, etc. I am a
small businessperson who invested time and energy into using computers.
I loved it! Now, I am not recognized at all. Either I use canned
software (gnuca
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From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Gene
Wirchenko
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 12:54 PM
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At 09:18 2016-06-17, Alan
At 09:18 2016-06-17, Alan Bourke wrote:
With added Lord Of The Rings comparisions.
http://carlcheo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/which-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-infographic.png
It made for a break from all the shooting-yourself-in-the-foot
comparisons.
Sincerely,
Gen
With added Lord Of The Rings comparisions.
http://carlcheo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/which-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-infographic.png
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