> VB developers who were abandoned? I felt no more abandoned by .NET than > I did with CFMX. It's just a progression. It's an evolution. I mean CF5 > to CFMX was a much bigger gap and the progression from VB to VB.NET. You > act as if VB and C++ don't exist. Not too mention C# is not a > replacement for C++. > You may be one of the few VB developers who doesn't feel abandoned. And BTW, MSFT is marketing C# as a replacement for C++.
> Further, are you spiting C# for giving you a language and CRLs to > compile your code to nearly NEwhere? Hate to break it to you, but a lot > of people have wanted a language like that for a long time. > I am not spiting anything or anyone. Just pointing out that MSFT doesn't give developers security. > You can mention DAO and RDO fairly. As well as I can mention Generator > and Homesite. Which were products, NOT technologies. You can't blame MS > for abandoning older technologies for better ones. However, I can gripe > about MM ditching a product its CTO said a year prior would not die. > Only to be replaced with an inferior product. You know Ben Forta told me > point blank at the Dreamweaver gripe session that advanced cold fusion > developers are the minority, and they have to support the majority to be > a successful company (hence WYSIWYG Dreamweaver bumps Homestie). > Everyone is in it for the money. Don't spite one company and praise > another when they share the same goals and faults. > I didn't spite MSFT and praise Macromedia. > Bottom line is that 20 years ago I could have started as a C developer. > And I could still be one today. Maybe my syntax may change a bit over > the years, C - C++ - C#, but at least I'll still have marketable skills > 20 years later. That is security. I just have this feeling that > macromedia will sell me down the river if it can make them a profit. > I highly doubt that above statement is true. C, C++, and C# are FUNDAMENTALLY different languages. C is a procedural language, C++ is an object-oriented language, and C# is an object-oriented garbage collected virtual machine based language. -Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
