From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-12-02T03:10:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Programming Newbie: Ruby or Java?

Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> The difference is syntactic-sugar only, anyway, no?

Um, I'm not really sure, as I haven't spent that much time with either, 
but  believe that C# either things not readily available in VB.net.  But 
maybe it "just" syntax.

I found this after some Googling:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000128.html

"However, I was disappointed that Dan didn't cover the way his 
prediction in the original eBook has come true-- as nonsensical as it 
may seem, C# developers are paid more than VB.Net developers to write 
the very same .NET framework code."


So, maybe one should learn C# over VB.net because people will think 
better of you and pay you better.

:)


James
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