VB "programmers" need love too!
I, admittedly, am an apparant moron, by your standards. I have used VB, recently, to "program"
I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve and how fast you need to do it, the quality needed....blah, blah, blah, etc.
If I have to do a windows application, and VB is a suitable alternative to C++, then I will use VB. It doesn't get in the way as much as C++ (not counting the runtime req's, and code bloat) and is a higher level language.
That means, simply, that data integrity, scalability, and security are top design goals for the application. And if not achieved, the product is useless for an enterprise environment.
Its not the run of the mill, hacked it together in a week, small office application.
Why?
I guess, by a strict definition, Java is a proprietary language.
If you really need to modify Java for your particular purpose, you can. The source code comes with the jdk download.
The problem that Sun is trying to avoid is one where you have many different versions of Java. (sans releases of course) I would hate to develop an application that I had to write specifically for a targeted Java implementation. It sort of defeats one of the purposes of the language.
What are you suggesting the problems with Java are? Or is it voodoo soley because it is "proprietary?"
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VB "programmers" need love too! I, admittedly, am an apparant moron, by your standards. I have used VB, recently, to "program" I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve and how fast you need to do it, the quality needed....blah, blah, blah, etc. If I have to do a windows application, and VB is a suitable alternative to C++, then I will use VB. It doesn't get in the way as much as C++ (not counting the runtime req's, and code bloat) and is a higher level language.
Its not the run of the mill, hacked it together in a week, small office application.
Why? I guess, by a strict definition, Java is a proprietary language. If you really need to modify Java for your particular purpose, you can. The source code comes with the jdk download. The problem that Sun is trying to avoid is one where you have many different versions of Java. (sans releases of course) I would hate to develop an application that I had to write specifically for a targeted Java implementation. It sort of defeats one of the purposes of the language. What are you suggesting the problems with Java are? Or is it voodoo soley because it is "proprietary?"