The only reason i can think of to use Visual Basic is if you are developing the application for a client that already has all of the necessary licenses or you are working for a certified Microsoft "dev shop" who provides all of the necessary code and documentation for you. That's not a good enough reason for me ...

Having been there, done that with Visual Basic (i literally converted from it to Perl back in February of 2001), i can say that i no longer desire to build applications with Visual Basic (same with .NET). I really liked MZSanford's "lacks heavy lifting features" con for VB, it really says a lot about why Perl is a favorite tool for those programmers who like to get stuff done (and still have some teeth and/or hair left at the end of the day).

I should also mention, however, that the only GUI i use these days is a web browser. Programming in Tk reminds me too much of Java and web browsers have served my needs quite satisfactorily. There is Python of course, and if i couldn't use Perl/Tk to get the job done, i would most certainly use Python before i even thought about using ... what was that language again? ;)

jeffa

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In reply to (jeffa) Re: Perl versus VB by jeffa
in thread Perl versus VB by juo

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