I'm old enough to have had to use 8" floppies (RT-11 and RSX-11M). All I can say is good riddance. Between CD-/DVD-ROMs and USB "floppies", I haven't touched one in years. That's like getting nostalgic over a boot loader that you have to toggle in... oh wait...
OMG, based on that list of antiques, you're probably as old as I am! How about RPG, COBOL, Algol or PL/I?
Anyway, I agree with you that it's never a waste of time to learn a new language and that VB (in its various incarnations) will come handy at some point. However, VB is a very poor first language.
Imagine the begining Spanish student who only knows English. For the first months (years ?) conversation is mentally translated Spanish -> English -> Spanish. The same is true for programming languages. The new student is always looking for an analog in what he already knows.
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I'm old enough to have had to use 8" floppies (RT-11 and RSX-11M). All I can say is good riddance. Between CD-/DVD-ROMs and USB "floppies", I haven't touched one in years. That's like getting nostalgic over a boot loader that you have to toggle in... oh wait...
OMG, based on that list of antiques, you're probably as old as I am! How about RPG, COBOL, Algol or PL/I?
Anyway, I agree with you that it's never a waste of time to learn a new language and that VB (in its various incarnations) will come handy at some point. However, VB is a very poor first language.
Imagine the begining Spanish student who only knows English. For the first months (years ?) conversation is mentally translated Spanish -> English -> Spanish. The same is true for programming languages. The new student is always looking for an analog in what he already knows.
I would go with Ruby or LISP way before VB.