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> objectively "good" or if it was a first skill/nostalgia effect. When you consider the mainstream alternatives back then, by the time you've got the message-l
by jenscow 4y ago
> objectively "good" or if it was a first skill/nostalgia effect.
When you consider the mainstream alternatives back then, by the time you've got the message-loop boilerplate working... in VB6 you've already created a functioning form with a database connection.
- JohnBooty 4y agoWhen you consider the mainstream alternatives back then What were the mainstream alternatives? Folks always seemed to rave about Delphi. That seemed like the "grown up", "better" version of VB, though I never used it.
- jenscow 4y agoMFC, or plain C/C++ win32. But yeh, Delphi was much better than VB (like how turbo pascal was better than QBasic), however it was more of a niche environment used mostly by independent vendors making consumer apps.
- pjmlp 4y agoNiche where? It was everywhere in Europe. There is a reason why we still have Delphi conferences over here.
- skeeter2020 4y agoYou were almost writing full-fledged VB apps if you started with MS Access, made some forms and had a switchboard menu. A little VB Script and you were there.