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VB Forum / General 2 / February 2005VB vs VB.NET
Are there any compelling reasons to use one over the other? > Are there any compelling reasons to use one over the other? Apples & Oranges... Besides one packs a 20Mb runtime that needs to be redistributed/present... > Are there any compelling reasons to use one over the other? .NET because Microsoft said so. I am the rebellious type though. >Are there any compelling reasons to use one over the other? Microsoft think there are. <(http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/support/vb6.aspx)> > Are there any compelling reasons to use one over the other? IMO the possible reason not to use VB is that MS is dropping it and long-term support and maintenance for applications is likely to become more and more problematical. OTOH I have yet to find *any* reason to consider VB.Net a good choice given that MS has so clearly made it obvious that they have no regard for VB as anything other than a toy language that can be trashed at will. If you decide to go .Net you should seriously consider using C# as that looks to have a better chance at survival and stability. | > Are there any compelling reasons to use one over the other? | [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | will. If you decide to go .Net you should seriously consider using C# | as that looks to have a better chance at survival and stability. As far as support for VB6, despite the link David Segal posted claiming 2008 is the cut off, MS has effectively dropped support for VB already. No more service packs or fixes, no help with bugs and issues. The support for VB6 has been groups like this one for a while now. Instead of VB.Net, they should have called it VB#. It has the same relationship to VB that C# has to C++, that is, the same general syntax, but a totally different code model. Plus they use the same CLR and more or less the same compiler. The real question is do you want an ActiveX/COM type of programming tool, or a .Net Framework type of tool. If you run AutoCAD LT 2000 and AutoCAD LT 2005 side by side, you can see what happens with a .Net program - much slower start up time, no improvement in user interface, the addition of networking and Internet doo-dads for updating widget libraries and publishing files. >Are there any compelling reasons to use one over the other? Yawn, is it that time of the year again ? Wake me up in a week or two..  SignatureRegards, Frank |
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