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Just wanted to add my enthusiastic support for Visual BASIC.  It is not
just for small projects.  I'm up to forty forms, forty modules, 500K
executable, 15,000 lines of code, and still going strong.  I started out
just intending to prototype the user interface and kept right on going.
I believe I qualify as a technoweenie, but when I see the right tool for
the job I stick with it.

It is also very educational. I think HyperCard was revolutionary, ToolBook
is a HyperCard knockoff, and Visual BASIC is a very significant extension of
the HyperCard idea.  Everyone should at least TRY it.

The limitations: as currently structured, I don't see how it could be
used for projects with more than a VERY small team of programmers.  And
execution speed, while VERY acceptable for in-house, contract, or
specialized jobs (MUCH better than ToolBook or HyperCard or, IMHO,
Smalltalk), would not quite be good enough for mass-market shrink-wrapped
commercial software.

Biggest problem with VB is that it doesn't look macho on your resume.
I wish to heck they had called it "ADVANCED".

Oh, and there's very good access to the Windows API and DLL's via
DECLARE statements, so you can explore the "real" Windows stuff, too.


-- 
Daniel P. B. Smith
dpbsmith@world.std.com