Visual Basic.net question

Are visual basic.net and visual C#.net the same? which one is good to
learn? How are they different from C++?

Thank You

re: Visual Basic.net question

"Robert" <123abc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:EqGcnTyTnZlme_aiU-KYgg@comcast.com...[color=blue]
> Are visual basic.net and visual C#.net the same?[/color]

No. Well, they're the same in the fact
that neither is topical here.
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> which one is good to
> learn?[/color]

Either or both of them, as well as any other language
you find useful. If you want to learn specifics
of those Microsoft languages, visit www.microsoft.com
and/or ask in a Microsoft newsgroup. (links are
on their site).
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> How are they different from C++?[/color]

C++ is a platform independent language specified
by an international standard. Those languages you
ask about are not.

This group is about standard C++ only, not about
comparing it with other languages.

Before posting here again, please see:
http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt
Thank you.

-Mike

re: Visual Basic.net question

Robert,
Whether you use VB.Net or C#.net the framework is same. C# can
be easily understood by JAVA programmers whereas VB programmmers can
learn vb.net easily. No other diffrence, all classes in the framework
can be used in both c# & vb.net.
Take care.

re: Visual Basic.net question

Thank you all very much. THe reason I asked was because I don't know which
software and book to buy to get the best out of two languages, VB.net and
C#.net. I have a couple of video cd that teach how to program in C#, wonder
if Vb.net compiler and software will work with C# as well or the compilers
from two softwares look the same.

Found two good books and software and barnandnoble.com

Visual basic.net
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...35616345&itm=3

Visual C#.net
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...3A59&isbn=0735
619107&itm=2

re: Visual Basic.net question

Robert wrote:[color=blue]
> Thank you all very much. THe reason I asked was because I don't know
> which
> software and book to buy to get the best out of two languages, VB.net
> and
> C#.net. I have a couple of video cd that teach how to program in C#,
> wonder
> if Vb.net compiler and software will work with C# as well or the
> compilers
> from two softwares look the same.[/color]

This really is off-topic here. Goto microsoft.public.dotnet.* or
microsoft.public.vsnet.* for better information.
As for my opinion:
The IDE is the same, so the GUI you develop in is the same. You use the same
editors, the same debugger, etc. for both languages.
C# will 'feel' more familiar to C/C++ and particularly Java programmers
VB.NET will 'feel' more familiar to Visual Basic programmers.
C# has a few more advanced features, such as operator overloading and unsafe
programming. It also support XML Comments.
VB.NET has a few more ease-of-use features, such as the 'WithEvents' keyword
for event binding, the more versatile 'Exit' keyword (instead of break), a
'Select Case' that blows the C/C++/C#/Java 'switch' into the stone age,
stuff like that.

There are more differences, but like I said, go to a place where it's on
topic. Neither language is inherently better, it just depends on personal
tastes and what you're trying to do.

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