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[reniery]

I was just wondering, it seems to me that alot of developers dont like visual basic , so what are the reasons for it?

[chili5]

I'm not really sure but I think it's because it's limited on what it can do. I like VB and most languages but that's because I don't know enough about the language to hate it. :cool:

[TcM]

Well personally I don't find it limited, with API's and DLL's you can do many things. I don't hate VB, but now I moved to something more powerful, simpler and IMO better.

[WingedPanther]

I think an important question is whether you are addressing VB.NET or VB 6.0. They are very different languages. VB 6.0 got a bad rap for being a language you would "write a proof of concept in, then write the actual program in another language that is more robust". VB 6.0 didn't scale too well. VB.NET is probably more stable/scalable, but it comes with the whole .NET overhead that I despise.

[charmayne]

Yeah right. . It's so complicated. .

[Xav]

Not once you get used to it. I found VB too limiting, and it seemed almost 'childish'. So it suited me just fine. :)

[TcM]

I wouldn't say it's limited.... but there are better programming languages.

[Xav]

I would say it's limited - in terms of power and efficiency.

[TcM]

What do you mean by power and efficiency?

according to jordan Vb is even faster than Java and other languages.

And what can't it do?

[Xav]

Its syntax does not make certain tasks the easiest to write in code - I can't think of any specific examples ATM, but I get the feeling the language is designed to live up to its name - for instance, the Do While/Until statements - it seems like the use of both Until and While was designed to be easier for a beginner, as it's easy enough to negate a boolean value. It's a superb language to start of with, but I eventually found myself ready to take on a language with a C-like syntax.

[TcM]

If the syntax is designed for a beginner it doesn't mean/make the language restricted.