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Ioannis Vranos  
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 More options Aug 24 2002, 9:10 pm
Newsgroups: comp.programming, comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.basic.visual
From: "Ioannis Vranos" <noi...@spammers.get.lost.hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 04:05:48 +0300
Local: Sat, Aug 24 2002 9:05 pm
Subject: Re: Please give me your input on my sites change
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"Richard Heathfield" <bin...@eton.powernet.co.uk> wrote in message

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> > "VB is not really for programming. VB is only suitable for drawing
> > interfaces. C++ on the other hand is a real programming language".

> Ioannis, that's a ludicrous claim. VB is a perfectly reasonable
> programming language, for those who like that kind of thing. It may
not
> be your cup of tea, but that's more or less irrelevant. People think
> about programming in *different* ways, and that's why there are
> different languages. Who are you to say that someone who thinks in a
VB
> way should be excluded from programming?

I just said my opinion. My opinion is that VB is a nice
system-dependent tool for building interfaces. Do you disagree? Well,
that means you have a different opinion. It's a free world.

> > Also the dog is not needed.

> Purely a matter of taste, and hardly a relevant criticism, when
there
> are so many more important points to make.

I still believe that the dog is not needed. :)

> > 2) Do not mix ANSI C++ code & concepts with Visual C++ extensions.

> Not when explaining the language, anyway. Of course, there are times
> when we *need* platform-specific extensions, but we ought at least
to
> know when we are using them and why.

Yes.

> > 3) Learn C++ (i am learning too). Since you know the basics, i
suggest
> > "The C++ Programming Language" 3rd Edition or Special Edition by
> > Bjarne Stroustrup (the creator of C++). The reading will take a
> > couple+ years, but this is what it takes for people to become
better
> > programmers.

> This is sound advice.

Thanks.

> > I do not think that VB-specific content is useful.

> Well, you wouldn't, would you? But some VB programmers might
consider
> VB-specific content useful.

Yes. Still i do not think it is useful. :)

> > A better
> > system-level but wide approach would be .NET and perhaps there you
can
> > use VB.

> How noble of you to allow that generous concession. Look, if the guy
> wants a VB Web page, why *shouldn't* he have one? The world is not
> defined by your prejudices.

Do you mean that i oppress him because i am saying my opinion?

--
Ioannis

* Ioannis Vranos
* Programming pages: http://www.noicys.cjb.net
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