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Programming Language Choice
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:03:50 GMT
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Recently, I have gotten quite a bit of experience programming in VBA due to a
database I designed for work. I have had experience programming in several
languages before but haven't used it to much until now.
I now have a desire to program for myself at home. I guess I want to keep up
with changes.
So my question is, what single language is most practical to use to program
little utilities. I am looking to do this on a Windows 9x platform. So
obviously a 'visual' language is probably the way to go.
Is Visual Basic drasticly different from VBA?
In the end it comes down to... What do you like best?
Thanks in advance for your counsel,
Jude
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 | | Re: Programming Language Choice
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| If you already know VBA then I'd suggest you use Visual Basic. While it's not as powerful as something like Visual C++ it is remarkably good for building small utilities really quickly. I have been using Visual Basic for nearly 5 years and I'm (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: Programming Language Choice
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| (...) It depends what you're doing this for and what you're doing with it. If you're happy with VBA and wish to expand in that direction, Visual Basic is probably a fine choice. (I haven't used it since 1.0, so I can't really say too much about it.) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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