From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-03-21T13:34:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby, brother of VB?

Dave Burt wrote:
> 
> VB looks clean because the syntax is very simple and inflexible, and doesn't 
> allow you to do all that much. 95% of all VB programs are built-in language 
> constructs and functions.

Wow.  We have very different VB exposure.  Most VB code I've worked with 
  involves numerous custom classes and interfaces, along with assorted 
calls to the Win32 API.

Late binding and the Variant data type are quite handy, too, for dynamic 
programming.

Writing apps that exposed an OLE automation API (so you can script 
instances using external scripts), as well has hosting the Windows 
script control (so your application itself can load scripts), was quite 
entertaining.