vb over other prog lang

Hi Akhila,

I assume you mean Visual Basic. I have used several forms of Basic, but not this one. To me the advantage of BASIC is that it is more like speaking to the computer in my own language (English), so it is more natural. Other languages are more cryptic, requiring committing more to memory, but any language can become easy in time.

There are other considerations for choosing a language. Assembly language is talking to the computer in it's language, and C, C++, etc. are the next closest. These give you the most power in doing what you want (interfacing with the inter-most parts such as BIOS functions). The language you choose may depend on the field that you work in, so find out what employers want and choose the language that is required for your work.

Regards,

S

VB was created by Microsoft, and so it works very well with Microsoft applications (like Excel and Access). If you want to add functionality to a Microsoft app, you will probably use VB (or VBA, which is a stripped down version of VB).

Office 2007 integrates easily with VB.NET and C#. Using either of those will give you more functionality then a traditional VB application.

VB like all BASIC languages is relatively easy to use.

THE biggest VB disadvantage is - in my opinion - that VB programs usually require a load of runtime files. For that reason I use RAPID Q (which is like VB but a.) makes nice compact executables b.) doesn't need runtime files c.) is FREE )

Hi Ghoti,

Can you give us the download site? I'm getting the runaround in Google.

S