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1. Many sources indicate there are now more VB programmers. Numbers range 
from 3 to 5 million with an estimated 8.5 million programmers total (most 
of the rest of whom are COBOL people).

2. VB programmers can generally make better money these days (oddly 
enough, because good VC programmers are easier to find).

3. VB is easier to use, learn and maintain. A large-scale VB project done 
by professionals will be much easier to maintain than any similar VC 
project (I know; I've been closely involved in and even managed such 
projects).

4. On the other hand, if you're just starting out, you'll end up being a 
better programmer if you start with VC then switch to VB. I'll catch a 
lot of flak for that, but when I'm hiring that's the kind of person I 
prefer. Then I KNOW they know the Windows API and that they must have at 
least a little bit of discipline (really in VC it isn't so much 
"discipline" as it is "painful torture", but...)

--j.

Lee Cooper (leec@kuwait.net) wrote:
>> Which programming language is more widespread in the PC world - is it Visual 
>> Basic or Visual C++?

>> Which is easier to learn?

>> Thanks