Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: hraiser
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:02

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Scott (scottv@cstone.net) wrote:
: equivalent of 100 statements in C++ ... the overhead of interpreting the one 
: statement per 100 c++ instructions is pretty minimal for the flexibility and 
: simplicity gained by the language.  A VB program is as good as the programmer 
: ... unload processing onto APIs and controls that are written in C/C++/ASM.

  Tell that to the end user.  In situations where the end user is paying for
the finished product, as opposed to development time (ie shrinkwrap) Visual
Basic is useless.  Even if you unload the processing onto DLLs, the
interface crawls on a VB application compared to one coded in C/C++.  A
seasoned MFC developer can crank out an interface as fast as any VB coder
can, plus the interface will be quicker and (IMHO) more professional
looking.

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Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
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