Posted by Neu[Mann] on 09:44:00 10-06-2003
I'm starting to get fed up with those unilateral topic lockings! Yes I'm looking for an argument there since I believe I've got a point...
about esop: "he will eventually get there": no, most programmer never need to go this level. Developping a full-featured OS with C is a very complex and time-consuming task and I swear nobody (and that includes me) as the skill to complete this task. 99% of the professionnal programmers out there won't get involved in the development of an OS. I've got no proof of that but I dare someone to prove me very wrong. I think that this rules this point out...
yes... you Java OSes exists. You can 95% of an OS out of Java. Ada, ML were used too AFAIK. Of course, any OS will require a bit of ASM to get the OS to boot, and Java will require a particular runtime but nor Ada nor ML have that requirement. Nobody has been silly enough to implement one with VB but the VB language itself doesn't make it impossible....
Really, esop, how many programming language do you think exists?
"if you want to get right into it" What? Using VB is no longer real programming?
Posted by dxprog on 10:35:00 10-06-2003
I was just basing that on the fact that VB isn't really used commercially (of course, I could be wrong ). I guess I shouldn't be one ti talk considering most of my programming is still done in VB
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Posted by Neu[Mann] on 10:52:00 10-06-2003
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I was just basing that on the fact that VB isn't really used commercially
woah! VB is _very_widely_ used commercially. VB5 and 6 were very popular. With the arrival of C#, its popularity is probably declining.
I'm looking for relative statistics about programming language popularity. Once I'll find it, I'll post it here.
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Posted by dxprog on 00:48:00 10-07-2003
Well, I always thought VB was just for low-end\cheap companies and home use. Looks like I was horribly wrong Sorry 'bout that.
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