From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-12-01T05:06:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Programming Newbie: Ruby or Java?

Aemca wrote:
>>VB is a terrible language, Delphi at least has some design to it,
>>I'm sure there's RAD type development environments for Java
>>although I haven't used them.
> 
> 
> VB.Net is a great language... just look at how many people are using it, and 
> liking it.

Every so often I poke around with SharpDevelop, a free, open-source IDE 
for VB.net and C#.  Plays well with both Mono and the MS .Net SDK.  It 
makes creating C# GUI apps so simple I wonder why people would bother 
with VB.net.

James

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