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Why c# is OK but VB is not? They both have the same feature set with different syntax. VB, as the language, is more powerful at the moment than Java, for exampl
by gokhan 15y ago
Why c# is OK but VB is not? They both have the same feature set with different syntax. VB, as the language, is more powerful at the moment than Java, for example. Got genetics, lambda, linq for years and now async/await. Java OK, VB not? Come on :)
- nathanwdavis 15y agoGenetics, cool!! Accounting for genetic drift must be a bitch though.
- gokhan 15y agoYep, generics, my bad.
- Jacob4u2 15y agoEven though I started this whole religious war thread, I don't really want to continue with it (but I'm too proud to delete my comment). Here is my rebuttal in a nutshell; VB is not succinct and therefore not a powerful language[1]. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html
- 51Cards 15y agoSuccinctness is definitely not the sole measure of programming language's power. If it was then APL would have become mainstream. In that case it actually worked against adoption of the language even though it was very capable otherwise.