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to me, that was always a great example of the difference between IT and CS. I totally understand how someone trained in VB was "mutilated" for CS. Because the
by marcus_holmes 7y ago
to me, that was always a great example of the difference between IT and CS.
I totally understand how someone trained in VB was "mutilated" for CS. Because the priorities for CS coding are totally different than for commercial coding.
But from an IT perspective the point of programming is to be profitable, not perfect. VB allowed people to write profitable programs quickly. It was a fantastic environment if all you wanted to do was write desktop applications for businesses.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> I totally understand how someone trained in VB was "mutilated" for CS The quote isn't about VB; its from 1975, VB was released in 1991.
- marcus_holmes 7y agoThe quote is about BASIC. Visual Basic is a variant of BASIC. The quote was also thrown around a lot in the late 90's as a "VB sucks, you should use a real programming language" comment in the usual language flame wars.