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Quote: I just hope that M$ changes its mind and releases a VB7. Native, updated VB6. Bad news - it's not going to happen.
Have you tried C++? I use that when I want the down to the metal, tiny, high-performance stuff (or native C if really pushed).
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I'd really enjoy hearing your thoughts on the down-side of 'var. thanks, Bill
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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den2k88 wrote: it is slow to compile,
Odd, I find quite the opposite to be the case.
den2k88 wrote: it uses that crappy .NET framework
While there's some things about the framework I am happy to b*tch about, for the most part, I think it's pretty damn impressive.
den2k88 wrote: it is slow to compute unless you fill it up with unsafe.
Again, not in my experience. I've written some very computationally intensive stuff in C# and have been very pleased with the performance.
den2k88 wrote: because I really need low-level functionalities
Well, true -- for bit banging on hardware ports, definitely C, C++ or even assembly is the way to go.
Marc
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I concur. I started on Assembler and FORTRAN, added Pascal, PL/1 and COBOL then on to C and C++ with a side order of umpteen variants of BASIC along with Rexx and some other scripting languages. I moved to C# when it was version 1.0 and railed against it's limitations while liking it's ease of use. With 3.0 it finally started being really useful. Like Griffy-babe says, it's become easier to abuse it with var, etc. - but I don't, and my team doesn't - we are like-minded, thank goodness - so most of the time, everything is peachy!
C# - an exercise in trying to design the ideal multipurpose language that [almost] works perfectly.
Well done Microsoft! ...in this particular instance.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Griffy-babe
Watch it sunshine!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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My humblest apologies... I got carried away!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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cpp11 is awesome. If you've been away for a while I encourage you to return to c++
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_Josh_ wrote: return to c++
Why am I reminded of Darth Vader?
I've been doing some cpp11 work on the Beaglebone, it certainly has changed quite a bit and requires a lot of re-learning on my part.
Marc
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Yup, pretty much a new language. Used well it is very elegant and I've found it refreshing and enjoyable.
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I have to say I like writing my own apps in C# where I have complete control of all the code and data types.
However when I'm customizing an existing CMS platform, the flexibility of duck typing means that I have much more flexibility and power to make smaller and less invasive changes, even if I have to code in PHP .
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(Old thread, but I'm just catching up now)
I've earned a living as a C++ developer for a dozen years or so before moving on to C# over 7 years ago. I haven't looked back.
Well, I have looked at some of my old C++ code a couple of times, and the thought I have every single time is that I don't miss it at all.
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I keep getting message not found errors. Anyone else?
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I was 404'd for a short while.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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I got 500 for the last 15 minutes...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Should be good now. Chris was doing a messy deploy.
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It seems to be back. Had problems but not this time
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All of the details have disappeared from my rep history, anybody else?
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Just refresh the page with F5 - they will probably reappear. Happens to me from time to time when CP is busy.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sorry - we had an outage due to a database schema update. One of those small things that shouldn't have really caused anything untoward, but it was more of a load than anticipated.
Another outage in about 30 secs to finish it off.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I live in New York, and I did not have the artichoke. Wish I did, but alas, did not.
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Don't believe what you read on the Internet.
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I'll agree on the Frogeye Salad, but call me crazy, the others sound tasty!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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