&15seconds, I don't know what to say. Is this the best what you can do?
David, I am not trying to get under your skin. You seem to me know the subject. Can you give the answers on my questions? What I am really asking, can you tell us your vision on the future of .NET and role of C# - VB in this future? I promise, I will publish my analysis as I see it. I don't want to upstate you. I hope the list wants to know that as well. Best regards, Peter Kinev. "Bear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Peter, if you take the time to learn about .NET instead of just flaming >it the "why" of C# and .NET will become obvious. > >The .NET Framework contains a whole lot of higher-level methods behind >which commonly-required code is already written for developers. �To >create many common application features, what used to take dozens or >hundreds of lines of code in C++ can now be done in a few in either C# >or VB. �Do you really need more reason than that to explain C# and .NET? > >OK. �VB, with a huge base of users looking for more flexibility and >power for developing adaptable/reusable code, needed to be upgraded. >C++ needed to allow easy use of the powerful .NET Framework, a giant >timesaver over MFC. �Both needed to support much faster development of >the very common requirements that kept showing up in development >projects. �These needs together presented an opportunity for convergence >between the languages... as you said yourself, having developer skills >widely split into two VB and C++ camps was sometimes costly. �Need more? > >OK. �Now developers who never made it past "Hello, world" in C++ are >finding after learning VB.NET that they can read C#.NET code, and vice >versa. �I can already hire a .NET developer instead of looking for a VB >developer to handle some parts of our projects and a C++ programmer to >handle others. �C++ developers who have morphed their skills to C# can >now help develop web-based applications that were for many of them a >completely foreign world in the past. �A developer's favoured language >is going to matter even less as .NET is more widely absorbed. > >Maybe one day there will be only one language. �It should for sure be VB >- those confusing curly braces and excessive punctuation have gotta go - >but there's a chance some may disagree with that. �:-) �Either way, >.NET's design ensures that this debate is a lot less important than it >used to be. > >Hey Peter, I wasn't happy either to have to re-learn how to build >applications... I'm still struggling with it! �But I can already see >that my little company is going to make money more easily with .NET. �I >wouldn't consider flouncing off elsewhere in a huff in order to punish >Microsoft for forcing me to learn .NET. �I'm pretty sure that people who >do that are going to be eating bittersweet revenge while I eat Black >Angus filet mignon. > >HTH > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Kinev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:37 PM >To: dotnet >Subject: RE: Good book on using asp.net using vb > > >I happen to remember "old good time" too (360/370, well before VB!). >BTW, David you saved me from inflaming this list with correction of >&15seconds about VB timing. Thank you. Now, David can you give me the >rational behind decision of MS to introduce C# in .NET? Reasonable >people will ask why to fix anything what works? IMHO, the C# is very >good language indeed. No joke. But, would it be slightly cumbersome to >maintain few equally important environments. I know from my experience >working in development of one of the principal UNIX flavor how it's >difficult to do something like that. > >And, LIST please try do not put words in my mouth. Let's use intelligent >arguments. Best regards, Peter Kinev. > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to dotnet as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > >--------- >Administrated by 15 Seconds : http://www.15Seconds.com >List Archives/Search : http://local.15Seconds.com/search >Subscription Information : http://www.15seconds.com/listserv.htm >Advertising Information: http://www.internet.com/mediakit/ > > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to dotnet as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------- Administrated by 15 Seconds : http://www.15Seconds.com List Archives/Search : http://local.15Seconds.com/search Subscription Information : http://www.15seconds.com/listserv.htm Advertising Information: http://www.internet.com/mediakit/
