From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-03-21T14:09:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby, brother of VB?

vruz 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.
> 
> 
> Yeah, you get all sorts of language constructs both in VB and Ruby...
> But I bet in VB you can't get something like  "Microsoft's Poignant
> Guide to Visual Basic" !
> 
> you can't beat that :-)

Not specifically VB, but:

Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX

http://www.mrbunny.com/mbgtax.html
and
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0201485362

James
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