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| Banacek:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on September 06, 2006, 09:32:07 am ---Why not open Lazarus? It could help out someone just starting a Visual Basic FE with things such as data structures, list buidling, font rendering, that kind of stuff. Just learning how to output stuff to a screen would be a big help for a programmer not used to Windows. --- End quote --- Shouldn't people be getting away from using VB? I'd much rather use C# nowadays. I just started trying to learn the language, and I'm loving it. Not meant to be argumentive, I just like to hear why different programmers use different languages... |
| youki:
I can be wrong (so please correct) but i think : Mamewah uses Visual Basic 6 Dragon King uses Visual basic 6 Mala uses Delphi GameEX uses C# or VB.NET AtomicFE uses C++ (for the FE itself) and Delphi for Configuration tools. Some other FE , uses Dark Basic i think. The choice of the language is determined by the range of machine and performance you are targetting. A choice of .NET (C# , VB.NET etc..) involves that the .NET framework is installed on your machine. Involves you have a more powered machine , more memory , more disk space... It means that your FE will target modern machine and don't care of old hardware. And of course, if you master a language , you tend to choose the one your master , not necessary the more appropriate. For instance, for my FE , i targetted the wider range i can. It can run from a Pentium I 233Mhx with 64Mega of RAM with a old video card to the most modern PC. But to accomplish that i have to choose C++ and DirectDraw 7 (and not Direct3D 9 or 8). Of course on lowest machine, you have to carefully make your skin to fit the performance on the machine. But that's clear if you don't care of old configuration and look to the future , C# seems to be a good choice. |
| Minwah:
--- Quote from: Banacek on September 07, 2006, 01:04:22 am ---Shouldn't people be getting away from using VB? I'd much rather use C# nowadays. I just started trying to learn the language, and I'm loving it. Not meant to be argumentive, I just like to hear why different programmers use different languages... --- End quote --- I use VB6 because: a) I have it b) I know it c) It does the job satisfactorily d) I like it e) I have no reason to use anything else :) |
| Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: Minwah on September 07, 2006, 06:06:47 am --- --- Quote from: Banacek on September 07, 2006, 01:04:22 am ---Shouldn't people be getting away from using VB? I'd much rather use C# nowadays. I just started trying to learn the language, and I'm loving it. Not meant to be argumentive, I just like to hear why different programmers use different languages... --- End quote --- I use VB6 because: a) I have it b) I know it c) It does the job satisfactorily d) I like it e) I have no reason to use anything else :) --- End quote --- Agreed. C isn't "better" by any means. The developers that use C just are most comfortable using C. Aside from minor differences, all visual studio languages do the same thing. Now if we are talking about a "real langauge" vs one of the more "out-there" ones (python, various game maker programs, flash, ect) then I would agree, not because those languages aren't good, but because it isn't easy to migrate to a new one when the time comes because they do things so differently. |
| youki:
In C or C++, if you have lot of more control on what you do and you won't be limited by the language. Some will arg that for quick development C++ (i don't talk about C here) is not good , and you will go faster with language like VB. That's true , but only on Short Project. On long term project the C++ become really faster. (speaking about guys who master both languages , For a novice, VB is surely more accessible). From my experience , i have worked with and mastered lot of different languages (Windev, Java, VB6, C , C++, Delphi (Object pascal) ,powerbuilder , Assembler and few experience with .NET) , the best compromise i found , is DELPHI. (easy as VB , Far more flexible , almost powerfull like C++ ). Anyway, the best language is the one you like! And you can do really good thing in any language like you can do very bad thing too. |
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