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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Topic started by: BriGuy92 on March 07, 2007, 09:17:09 AM
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The popular thread from Acmlm's "Computing" forum has finally made its way into Fungi Forums! This is where you share your thoughts and feelings about the infamous programming language, Visual Basic. Anything you wish to say about it, whether good or bad, can be said here. Have Fun!
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What's programming language? Is that like HTML or something?
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No, HTML is a markup language. Programming languages... let you write programs.
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When I saw the title, a thought crossed my mind. I forget what it was, because I was too busy thinking "What in tarnation is a Visual Basic?"
My theories included:
1. A top-secret military base in the sewers of New York, much like Area 64
2. Some kind of breakfast cereal from Egypt
3. A rad name for a band (but not as rad as "Pandora's Box")
4. Some computery thing from the '80s
That concludes my rant on Visual Basic.
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Much like me? I'm like a military base in New York?
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How can I rant about something I know nothing about? I can't write a program to save my life!
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I, for one, do know what Visual Basic is. But I never learned it, and judging by your description of it, I'll probably steer clear.
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What description? Infamous?
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I took a class on Visual Basic my junior year of high school (I was forced to, as juniors shouldn't have so many free periods). I can't say I remember much of it at all.
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I don't have a lot of experience programming in BASIC, Visual BASIC, or VB .NET. However, I certainly have heard of it and have also heard it is a good language for new comers to programming to start with.
I'm not really up to speed on its developments, as I predominately work with C/++, Java, and Ruby, but I do believe it gets some use in the Microsoft .NET Framework. I'm not sure where it ranks in use with real deliverable applications, but I don't really see learning it to be a priority.
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I've never used Visual BASIC. The closest I've come to it is TI-BASIC, which is another good beginner's language. (I mostly write programs to put on my calcualtor so I can play with them at school.)
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Gee, transplanting a thread from a Computing forum about Visual Basic to a Mario Bros. fan forum...
Great idea! I'm sure Mario Bros. fans love to program in Visual Basic! You'll get so many useful responses!
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I think the main point is that Visual Basic is a pretty crummy development package.
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I, for one, love it when threads from other forums finally come here. It gives me a chance to voice my opinion on things so that the people who frequent THIS forum can read it. And seriously, what took it so long? The other day I sent a PM to BriGuy92 and I said "Hey, what's the release plan on that Visual Basic thread?" and he said "I don't know, it's a lot of work."
In conclusion, Visual Basic is a pretty crummy development package.
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Visual Basic sucks in practically every way. Yes, I have some experience with it.
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I know I'll sound like some sort of hyper-n00b from the dimension of n00bs in the n00b galaxy, but the only programming language I have experience in is Inform, for writing interactive fiction. It's actually really complex, but I've sort of gotten the hang of it (though you wouldn't tell from The Apocalypse Clock).
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...The other day I sent a PM to BriGuy92 and I said "Hey, what's the release plan on that Visual Basic thread?" and he said "I don't know, it's a lot of work."
What the... When did THAT happen?
In other words, Har Dee Har Har.
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EM is not to be taken seriously. Ever.
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Even if the Eclipsed Moon in question is myself from the future...somehow?
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Man, especially not then.