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> VB6, despite its stupid programming language, is still the golden standard for a GUI application design I think the reason is that many programmers have an u
by rightbyte 5y ago
> VB6, despite its stupid programming language, is still the golden standard for a GUI application design
I think the reason is that many programmers have an urge to do things in a stupidly hard and complex way to look competent.
Real programmers do not use GUI drag and drop design tools.
- Koshkin 5y agoBut real real programmers use whatever the hell gets the job done faster.
- tremon 5y agoThat's right, they use butterflies (or emacs). Why shouldn't you design a GUI using a visual interface? Do you also write SVG's in notepad?
- rightbyte 5y agoI should have written 'real programmers' in quotes. I was referring to the classic joke chain mail about 'real programmers' punching flip switches on mainframes or using FORTRAN, not Pascal.