C# vs VB

[Andy]

Any good resources regarding benefitis by using C3 over VB?

/Andy

[Kevin Spencer]

There are not many. You can use unsafe code with C#. That's the biggest, and
many developers don't ever need it.

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/Andy

[Peter Rilling]

They both are about 99% the same, from an IL point of view.

You can either stay with what you are comfortable with (VB.NET or C#) or
pick the other language and learn something new.

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[Mark Rae]

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There are not many. You can use unsafe code with C#. That's the biggest

Don't forget pointers...

[VJ]

if you are doing for Tablet PC.. i would recommend C#...

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[Javaman59]

I won't go into a technical comparison. As the others have said, there isn't
much in it between VB and C#, but I'll just look at the market share issue.
This would affect your choice as an individual, in which skill you should
develop, or, as a company, in which language you'll be able to recruit
developers for.

VB has, I think, the most number of developers of any language in the world.
On the other hand, C# is similar to C/C++/Java/JavaScript/PHP/Perl,
etc..etc.. So, learning C# gives you an good start on most of today's heavily
used languages (particularly those used for internet development), whereas
learning VB get's you into the one language which is actually most used.

Java/C++ etc have been object oriented for a long time, and their
communities are very skilled in object oriented development. On the other
hand, VB has only recently become fully object oriented, and I would expect
that overall the community is not as skilled in OO development. However, the
VB community is very strong in Windows development (COM, ADO, ASP, etc..)

My personal preference is c#, by a long way.. :)

Regards,

Javaman

[Kevin Spencer]

Pointers *are* unsafe code.

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Microsoft MVP
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"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMM ERSDIEtakempis. com> wrote in message
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There are not many. You can use unsafe code with C#. That's the biggest

Don't forget pointers...

[jeremiah johnson]

Andy wrote:

Any good resources regarding benefitis by using C3 over VB?

/Andy

the biggest reason i've seen to use C# over VB is that C# jobs always
pay more.

and the VB syntax is so backwards I won't even touch it anymore. Any
language that says "End Sub" where a simple "}" would do is just too
crooked to use, imo.

[Javaman59]

Any
language that says "End Sub" where a simple "}" would do is just too
crooked to use, imo.

So, I take it you also prefer "int i" to "Dim I as Integer"? :)

[Andrew Robinson]

I am a C# programmer and really enjoy working with it. Made the move from
VB6 and would never go to VB.NET. Having said that, I truely believe that
90% of this is learning the framework.

VB.NET does have a big advantage when working with Office automation. The
Office apps typically have a large number of optional parameters. VB.NET
supports the idea of optional parameters. C# requires that every one be
specified as System.Type.Mis sing.

Take a look at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/522xhsa3

-andrew

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/Andy