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IMHO VB was not respected because you could not write your own components/widgets in VB, you had to resort to C++. Delphi components were all written in Delphi.
by fopen64 7y ago
IMHO VB was not respected because you could not write your own components/widgets in VB, you had to resort to C++. Delphi components were all written in Delphi. It was clear VB was a second-class citizen.
Due to this factor, and others, VB had the typical Microsoft learning curve: extremely easy to do simple things, and then exponentially difficult to do big things. It was the same in MS-Access that many people thought it was the future of client/server apps, ERP apps, etc.
This limitation was lifted in VB6 or so (dumped VB for Delphi when left win16 for win32 so I am not sure).
- maxxxxx 7y agothis started to get interesting with VB4. Suddenly you could create COM servers which especially back then was really difficult to do in C++. VB6 was a really well rounded tool.
- megaremote 7y agoYou couldn't compile it into an app. So you had to distribute the source code. This meant it was a dead-end for anything serious.
- jmkni 7y agoVB6? You could definitely compile VB6 code into an application and distribute it without the source code!