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Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: Dave Nottage
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 19:13
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Chung Hong wrote:
> 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.

One suggestion would be to reply to an ad for a VB programmer, and demonstrate
how much better off they'd be using Delphi.



Dave

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