vb 6 dead or alive |
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New Coder Posts: 10 Topics: 1
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April 13, 2008, 06:58:46 AM
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how many of you still use vb 6? 
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Hacker Gender:  Posts: 1224 Topics: 78
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April 14, 2008, 05:29:37 AM
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"It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."
Not mine, this is a quote from Dijkstra.
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New Coder Posts: 37 Topics: 2
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May 03, 2008, 12:48:48 AM
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Not me. Used to use it but now use C# & .Net. VB 6 looks old in comparison.
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Location: India
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June 01, 2008, 09:23:32 AM
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I used VB 6.0 a lot while doing my graduation Projects and also helped other in their projects.
Currently I am working on Visual Studio (.net), but I still have my Compact Disk for VB 6.0 installation.
I think many people still use VB 6.0 to build Desktop Applications.
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Hacker Gender: Posts: 1224 Topics: 78
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June 02, 2008, 08:32:02 AM
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I havent used it for a good 7 or 8 years - had its plus points in its day, but its outdated now and theres better things out there.
Incidently, I think the IDE that came with VB (and QBasic) was excellent for the time, especially in the early 2-3 versions of VB, and the QB one really were good.
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New Coder Posts: 36 Topics: 9
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June 15, 2008, 11:50:24 PM
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VB 6.0 was/is good for developing desktop applications. If its dead now then whats the alternative to it 
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New Coder Posts: 37 Topics: 2
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June 22, 2008, 09:08:56 AM
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C# is the new VB. VB.Net is almost identical to C# so I'd recommend making the jump to C# from VB 6.
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New Poster Posts: 5 Topics: 1
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August 24, 2008, 10:30:34 AM
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Since the dot net platform is born i don't think there are many VB 6 developers. At our workplace the SME section completely changed from VB 6 to VB.NET. But some of my friends still are using VB 5 for certain programs
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Regular Coder Posts: 82 Topics: 12
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August 26, 2008, 03:58:58 PM
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I have a copy of it in my closet but its been well over a year since I last used it.
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New Coder Posts: 19 Topics: 6
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September 06, 2008, 01:58:18 PM
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I think that it is dead,because you can't become a real programmer only using BASIC
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New Coder Posts: 20 Topics: 13
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September 10, 2008, 01:21:17 AM
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It is totally depend on the requirements of your application. I think people are still using vb to develop some desktop applications. Many would prefer now Vb.net but still there are so many people who still use vb 6
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New Poster Posts: 6 Topics: 0
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September 10, 2008, 03:01:03 AM
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I think vb6 is not dead yet. many organization is still using vb6. I am in a organization where VB6 is used to create addons for SAPB1
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Regular Coder Posts: 50 Topics: 15
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September 10, 2008, 04:38:13 AM
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VB 6 was one of the first programing languages I used. No longer use it though after completing a VB.NET paper, and forgot VB6 totally. Although I did find VB6 a great language for people starting out with programming.
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Regular Coder Posts: 50 Topics: 15
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September 11, 2008, 01:29:21 AM
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When i was in class XI i was a great fan of VB 6.0 but now i dont think it is advisable to use VB 6.0 these days when you VB.net in the market ......
You should always try using the newer versions rather than sticking to older one....................
SO now i am using C# and VB.net.........
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New Coder Posts: 49 Topics: 14
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September 15, 2008, 05:25:22 AM
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Visual Basic 6.0 is a very good language and due to some live projects it is still in use. My Project is also in visual Basic so i am also keep in touch with VB. Visual basic is still alive due to its old charm.
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Hacker Gender: Posts: 1224 Topics: 78
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September 15, 2008, 05:27:28 AM
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Do you write code in any other languages? I found that transitioning from VB to other languages (about 10ish yrs ago) was quite easy and have never looked back.
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Skilled Coder Posts: 108 Topics: 28
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July 20, 2010, 11:09:46 PM
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i think, Vb will not be dead even next version of Vb.net comes. it is very light and easy language.
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