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I agree with the ideal of writing clean code, but I think those of us
who still believe in it are quickly becoming dinosaurs. To people
coming up, "it just doesn't matter." <br>
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Leisha<br>
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Doug Fuller wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">I've always found C an easier language to learn (I didn't
really grok VB until after I'd taken enough C++ and Java to
translate).
So, I'm gonna recommend
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/">http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/</a> . Of course, the
memory management is unnecessary (your student shouldn't be
looking at "Advanced Concepts", as they don't exist in VB),
and all the syntax will be different. But, hey, that's part
of what learning programming is about... learning that the
syntax doesn't really matter. What matters is what you want
to do, and how difficult it's going to be.
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As someone coming from a C/C++/Java background, I can't stand
VB. Why does Microsoft have to reinvent the wheel (i.e.
standard library functions) in everything they do? Things
like substring functions. In almost every computer language,
it's called substr(). I spent an hour digging through the
worthless help pages finding that it's called Mid$() in VB.
Now, having said that, I do want to briefly address that last
quoted paragraph - syntax does matter, insomuch as it
contributes to readability/maintenance. In the spirit of
collaboration and/or modification, knowing how to write clear
code and document it well will save time and effort in the
future if you or a collaborator decide to tweak parameters.
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