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: VB is BASIC with a few added keywords and the possibility to use VBXs and
: DLLs. Performancewise it's still the BASIC we've all learned to love/hate.
: (insert rumours of the old QuickBasic being a true compiler here)

I agree, but the poor performance is one of the lesser evils of VB.
I mean VB4 is now a f*cked up, mish mash, of poorly bolted on extensions
to an orignally crappy language.  I mean you can get some things done with it,
but if you've ever used Delphi, you'd realize what a disadvantage it is to use
VB when you've got a kick-ass tool like Delphi.  VB is poorly designed for
quick, easily-maintained, high performance apps, esp when comapred to DElphi.
If you used Delphi, you'd realize that VB's object-based character is a damn
joke and is severly limited but also damn frustrating to use. Maybe if you
already know VB4 well, then its not so frustrating, but it is so clumsy when
compared to Delphi.

I think the fools in the companies that look specifically for VB programmers,
esp on new projects, don't understand development deeply, are probably just
managers that simply read marketing material from MS.

I'm sorry, I learned Delphi first.  THen tried VB because there's more jobs
for it.  But VB is such a piece of crap and pales in comparison to Delphi,
that I'll just stick to Delphi, and live with the lower chance of finding a
job.  At least if I find one, I'll be much more happy than dealing with the
frustrations of a constraining and clumsy VB environment.  Development of
software is about enabling new possibilities, and VB is just too damn 
limiting.  As a developer with a conscience, I can't possibly take a VB
job and live with myself.  Somewhat facetious but also true to heart.