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===What popular modern language should you not bother to learn?=== |
===What popular modern language should you not bother to learn?=== |
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Visual Basic or VB.Net. -It's on the way out, being supplanted by C#, Python, and occasionally C. |
Visual Basic or VB.Net. -It's on the way out, being supplanted by C#, Python, and occasionally C. |
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There's no longer a good reason to use it on new projects. Python is easier for quick apps. C# would use the same development environment and is better for significant projects. If you need an exe, |
There's no longer a good reason to use it on new projects. Python is easier for quick apps. C# would use the same development environment and is better for significant projects. If you need an exe, Delphi, C++, or C will give you that. When I've used Visual Basic, the library API's always felt 'kludgy', as a whole. |
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What about C++? - I still like C++. But I think there are other languages that will provide higher programmer productivity in practice. Try D, Objective-C, Java, or Delphi instead. |
What about C++? - I still like C++. But I think there are other languages that will provide higher programmer productivity in practice. Try D, Objective-C, Java, or Delphi instead. |
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