What Language do you use?

[macman87]

What language do U program with? ;)

[John Veteran]

c++ hard? is that what you mean?

if all you know is vb, it will be very different, to sat the least :laugh:

vb is only popular because it's EASY. and i'm not bashing vb programmers here, i'm one myself :whistle:

[macman87]

c++ hard? is that what you mean?

if all you know is vb, it will be very different, to sat the least :laugh:

vb is only popular because it's EASY. and i'm not bashing vb programmers here, i'm one myself :whistle:

vb is popular because its easy... so true! ;)

[macman87]

can someone persuade me to learn C++. I want to learn but i get told vb is the future of programing...

[kjordan2001]

C++ rules. Only bad part about it is no standardized GUI stuff for it, there's stuff like GTK and QT in Linux, but they're not that great. That's the only thing I like about VB is that you can get a GUI set up in 10 mins or less. What's GUI setup like in C++.net? Is it VB style?

//Edit:

Apparently it can be...looks like forms and stuff. Looks like C++.net will be my favorite language :D

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/0...et/default.aspx

//Edit 2:

I know Java, still learning C, gonna teach myself C++ this summer, learning VB6 too, now I'll have to look at C++.NET too.

Edited June 11, 2003 by kjordan2001

[kjordan2001]

can someone persuade me to learn C++. I want to learn but i get told vb is the future of programing...

If you like the ease of VB but want the power of C++, C++.NET looks the way to go. :D

Hmm, or C#.NET looks good too.

[UKer]

Java, because that's what I was taught at university and its what the companies I've worked for (BT, University of Sheffield) prefer their employees to use.

I just love the memory mamagement and similarity in syntax to C (as that was the language I used to use, not C++).

VB is far too slow for the work I do, although it is great for smaller apps like those used by clerical staff as you can create an interface in seconds (although Java is quite good in this respect). Any interpreted language suffers if the program uses complex maths and needs quick results, in my experience VB becomes useless when developing anything more than a basic app. However, for people working on the clerical side of a business its great, especially VB for Office. ASP is also very good and allows VB programmers to develop excellent web applications (although many of the scripts available online cost hundreds of pounds, while many PHP scripts that do the same thing are free).

C++ is an excellent language for developing systems like OSs and really complex apps, but Java suffices for what I need (as a Masters and soon to be PhD student). In academic fields (at least in the UK) Java is now the standard as it is very flexible and much easier to learn than C++, yet it gives all the advantages of Object Orientation.

[JadeWolf324]

VB FOREVER!!!!

edit: AND EVERER!!!!

[aemon]

UKer

VB is only interpreted in the IDE since at least version 6.0 (maybe version 5.0). As far as its ability to be used for things other than 'clerical staff', we have a 14 million dollar semiconductor batch reactor (deposits/grows dopant layers on raw semiconductor wafers) that is controlled by a VB 6 app and the software the engineers use for process control and statistical analysis is all VB 6.

[UKer]

UKer

VB is only interpreted in the IDE since at least version 6.0 (maybe version 5.0).  As far as its ability to be used for things other than 'clerical staff', we have a 14 million dollar semiconductor batch reactor (deposits/grows dopant layers on raw semiconductor wafers) that is controlled by a VB 6 app and the software the engineers use for process control and statistical analysis is all VB 6.

I stand corrected - I guess it can be used in more than clerical areas, however this was based on my experience in BT and at my uni, where VB is only used in clerical work, and in ASP websites (and for teching non-technical students the basics of programming).

We do encription work and other mathematically intense stuff like real time 3D, and one student failed for applying VB to this area, as his application was markedly slow compared to the java equivalents, and would have been unusable for the job intended.

[Schmoove]

I use:

- Delphi (although it is actually Object Pascal, Delphi is just the IDE), for personal use.

- Java, for school assignments.... don't know why, but they seem to like Java over there :s

- C++ at my current internship, programming in Visual Studio.

[Rathamon]

Java (allot of) , C#.net , PHP

[Bloozie]

using vb.net, some c/c++, working on bettering my knowledge of c#... for understanding of syntax (since CLR for .net interprets everything to the same end product anyway).

[rlyone]

I can do Pascal, IBM Assembly, CoBOL, JAVA, C/C++, C# VB.Net

but I love JAVA the most.....the coffee and the programming language....and I love the JAVA Vitrual Machine !!! Wat it does behind the scene is absolutely amazing......

[NXPdev]

I can do Pascal, IBM Assembly, CoBOL, JAVA, C/C++, C# VB.Net

but I love JAVA the most.....the coffee and the programming language....and I love the JAVA Vitrual Machine !!! Wat it does behind the scene is absolutely amazing......

So you think that Java is better than .NET?

[kjordan2001]

I can do Pascal, IBM Assembly, CoBOL, JAVA, C/C++, C# VB.Net

but I love JAVA the most.....the coffee and the programming language....and I love the JAVA Vitrual Machine !!! Wat it does behind the scene is absolutely amazing......

I don't know, if the .NET hype lives up, those should be better than Java. Check out C#, it's supposed to be almost a Java clone.

[deimos]

i code ASP the most...and C++ occasionaly. im in the process of learning php currently.

[kjordan2001]

Anyone know of any limitations on an academic edition of Visual Studio .NET? I see it here for $89 and seems like a damn good deal http://www.edu.com/market/product.asp?pf%5...&dept%5Fid=3110

That does include stuff to do every .NET language right?

[macman87]

C++ still leading...

if u count Vb + Vb.net as a single language then vb leads...

:)

[session]

C++ all the way! :) though i sometimes use C# too! :p

[macman87]

Anyone know of any limitations on an academic edition of Visual Studio .NET?  I see it here for $89 and seems like a damn good deal http://www.edu.com/market/product.asp?pf%5...&dept%5Fid=3110

That does include stuff to do every .NET language right?

I think it is the same... it was like AU$2200 and the academic was $200... :) but you need to be a student. :(

[zivan56]

I use Delphi (object pascal)

[session]

What is "Logo?" :blink:

[kjordan2001]

What is "Logo?&quot:blink:k:

A language they teach middle schoolers. You move a turtle around or something similar to that. Basically it's like paint:laugh:h:

[kjordan2001]

Anyone know of any limitations on an academic edition of Visual Studio .NET?? I see it here for $89 and seems like a damn good deal http://www.edu.com/market/product.asp?pf%5...&dept%5Fid=3110

That does include stuff to do every .NET language right?

I think it is the same... it was like AU$2200 and the academic was $200...:)) but you need to be a student.:((

Be some good stuff if it was the same since I'm a student :DD

[azcodemonkey]

I think the Academic edition has the capabilities of the Professional edition.( Same box color ) So, you won't be getting the features in Enterprise Developer/Architect. Those editions can include SQL Server, Visio, Commerce Server, Biztalk, Windows Advanced Server 2000, and Windows Enterprise Server 2003 plus some other tools. Technically speaking, there isn't any difference language-wise or feature-wise. The framework opens up the platform to any edition. The editions differentiate with the tools available to the developer, that's all.

Of course, the Academic edition comes with the licensing restriction of no commercial development.