Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: Terje A. Bergesen
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:52

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Jens Balchen Jr. wrote:
> 
> ay@warpsoft.com (Albert Yarusso) decided to share with us the
> infinite reservoirs of wisdom:
> 
> >Uhh, because it _is_ BASIC??  Just as Visual C++ is C++!
> 
> You missed my point - Visual Basic isn't BASIC. It is based on
> the Basic language, but no more. It's like saying Delphi is
> Pascal, which is not true.

Oh yes, VB is still BASIC. It has evolved some (or A LOT in fact),
but it is still BASIC. It has funtctions and stuff but it is still
basic. It is not even the best BASIC out there.

And why on earth they STILL have it interpreted is beyond me...
It is not that easy to create a multithreaded program in an interpreted
language. Well, OK, not *that* difficult maybe, but still probably
*way* beyond the capabilities of MS.

---Terje

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