from c# to vb.net

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Steve

I've been using c# for while now and I may get a gig using vb.net
because my current contract is running out. I don't like the idea of
using vb.net but should I really care? After all, it's all the same
underneath.

I think I already know the answer to this as this subject has been
covered before.
 
Whatever works for your specific needs.... that's about the best answer.
Beyond that it's mostly a matter of personal preference and what resources
(help, samples, etc) are available.
 
You will type in semi-colons a bitch about all of the extra typing. You may
also bitch about the inability to do unsafe code or operator overloading.
Then, you will get over it. No big deal.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Should you really care? Well, IMHO, yes. You will be more employable if you
have more languages under your belt.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.
 
It's mostly a matter of personal preference, but by all means, don't tell
them you don't like the idea of using VB.Net. Just take the gig if you can
get it. If you can do C# you can do VB.Net. I'm in a similar position to
you - I would rather be writing C#, but the company I'm working at uses
VB.Net, so that's what I'm programming. I find it quite easy to switch
between the two.
 
Personal reference ? Yes, but mostly is the money talks :).
I don't even care wheter my clients want the code in
C,Java,VB,Perl or PHP, even COBOL as long as there are
business process, there are algorithms and sort of.

I switch from Perl to PHP, PHP to ASP, and now C# and
VB.Net. It's just all the same in the view of developer.
But if you want to ask my fave, it's the C's family ;C++
and C#.

Regards,


Jody Ananda
MCAD.NET,MCSD.NET
"All programs are poems, it just not all programmers are
poets."
 
Thanks for the replies, but okay, you want the truth?

I know the language doesn't matter and *you* know the language doesn't
matter, but the stupid people that make the job requirements and tell
the recruiters "we want a c# guy" and then ask c# syntax questions in an
interview as if it f'n matters are what concern me.

Yea, I know it's silly, and I shouldn't let it get to me...I'll probably
take the gig if I get it.
 
I think it all comes down to what you're comfortable with. Besides the
minor syntax issues and case sensitivity, the languages offer essentially
similar capabilities. It's nice to be able to say you're profcient at both
just from an employability standpoint.

Chris
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