09-05-2007, 12:24 AM
I don't have the concept "QB successors", but that's another subject.
As re: Visual Basic. I like and use that very often, but not as a successor to QB but another language to attack a different problem.
In QB, the problem is how to write neat programs that overcome the limitations and thus exercise your brain. In VB, the problem is to make some application you need with the minimum brain-strain. Ideally there would be an API for all possible contingencies. BORING, but necessary.
But the real reason I butted in here is to report that VB of old is being replaced by VB-Net (if M$ has their way) and NOTHING IS COMPATIBLE. So forget everything you ever knew about VB.
Mac
As re: Visual Basic. I like and use that very often, but not as a successor to QB but another language to attack a different problem.
In QB, the problem is how to write neat programs that overcome the limitations and thus exercise your brain. In VB, the problem is to make some application you need with the minimum brain-strain. Ideally there would be an API for all possible contingencies. BORING, but necessary.
But the real reason I butted in here is to report that VB of old is being replaced by VB-Net (if M$ has their way) and NOTHING IS COMPATIBLE. So forget everything you ever knew about VB.
Mac