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-[VisualBasic] also known as VB is the brand name [Microsoft] uses
for their [BASIC]. It has little to do with the simplicity of
[BASIC] but is quite restricted
a ProgrammingLanguage compared to others. You shouldn
't use it if at all possible
.
+[VisualBasic],
also known as VB,
is the brand name MicrosoftCorporation use
for their flavour of
[BASIC]. Actually, it only vaguely resembles
[BASIC] anymore, being far more complex,
but is still
quite a restricted
ProgrammingLanguage compared to others. Don
't use it if you have a choice
.
-EdsgerWybeDijkstra would have hated it
. :)
+A variant called VBA, ie "VisualBasic for Applications", is used to script MicrosoftExcel/Word documents, and as a side-effect, often used to write macro [Virus]es
. Thanks, [Bill | BillGates]!
-A variant
called VBA
, ie "
[VisualBasic
] for Applications"
, is used to script MicrosoftExcel/Word documents
. It is often used to write macro viruses
. Thanks, Bill!
+More recently, MicrosoftCorporation decided to reapply the VisualBasic brand onto something
called __Visual Basic.NET__
, which has nothing to do with
[BASIC
] and little with VisualBasic
, and
is basically [C#] using different syntax
. Lots of VisualBasic developers got very angry at the loss of backwards compatibility
.
+
+----
+CategoryProgrammingLanguages
