Favorite windows programming Lang.

[cyberhh]

What is you fav windows programming language.

I actually like Visual Basic - for it's ability to quickly throw together simple programs to stupify windows more for the average network user.

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[CJK]

I also use Visual Basic, but going to be learning visual fox pro for database stuff in the next couple of months.

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[cyberhh]

Trying to learn SQL.

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[BreakWindows]

Perl. lt is the best all-around utility language there is. Disk/system/network administration, CGI, SQL-DBI, scripting, even fun little GUI programs to sit on top of console utilities. Damn l love perl

[hugheysoup]

Right now learing c++. Not that I have built some mjor programs but it seems to be a great language to get started with.

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[LagMonster]

I like the ease and versitility of VB. I have made some useful programs for my purposes. If anyone needs help I'd be glad to try.

[QSECOFR]

I would agree with you LagMonster, right now I am getting ready to take on a new adventure - Windows COBOL - 32bit COBOL programs with VB-like screens.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by LagMonster:
I like the ease and versitility of VB. I have made some useful programs for my purposes. If anyone needs help I'd be glad to try. </font>

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[furlong47]

I also like VB, granted, it is the only language I know. I think I'm going to learn C++ next.

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[BIGGS]

No offence but Visual Basic IS NOT a real programming language!

Visual C++ is my favorite Windows programming language.

[KoWind7]

I really, really hate to argue with you, but VB *IS* a "real" programming language. You still have to know basic to use it properly.

I personally like Delphi, but that's because I've been programming in Pascal for almost 10 years. I just started converting some of my DOS programs to windows, and have added some major improvements.

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[vman]

I say VB is NOT a real programming language because it is very easy to use. I use Visual C++ and that is programming because you even have to write code to make the screen appear. In VB you only have to hit the run button and you have a window that pops up. There is no programming involved there. To make a window appear in Visual C++ you have to write about 95 lines of code to display the window (with no functionality). In visual c++ you actually learn how everything works in a windows program.

[LagMonster]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by vman:
I say VB is NOT a real programming language because it is very easy to use. I use Visual C++ and that is programming because you even have to write code to make the screen appear. In VB you only have to hit the run button and you have a window that pops up. There is no programming involved there. To make a window appear in Visual C++ you have to write about 95 lines of code to display the window (with no functionality). In visual c++ you actually learn how everything works in a windows program.</font>

You have a point there, BUT have you tried Direct X SDK with VB. Its fairly close to VC++, Because you have to once again create the DC, Front and Back Buffer and Destroy it, But it has the ease of VB syntax. Just a thought. If you haven't tried yet I'd suggest trying it. If your worried about performance loss by Programming in VB don't worry about it because the DX functions aren't running in VB, your just calling them from VB.

[AlienDyne]

I'm learning VB right now, but I wish I had more free time to learn C++.
So, I guess VB is my answer!

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[QSECOFR]

Just because a language is easy to use, doesn't mean that it's not a real programming language. VB is a very flexible language. If you were on a time constraint, the vb would probably be quicker to code the same task(I don't know for sure but following vman's theory). You would probably say the same thing for COBOL, because it uses english words instead of codes and indicators in specific columns(RPG).

The dictionary definition of a programming language from dictionary.com is:

A formal language in which computer programs are written.

It doesn't say in there whether the language has to be complex, or not; it doesn't say that it has to be a HLL or not.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by vman:
I say VB is NOT a real programming language because it is very easy to use. I use Visual C++ and that is programming because you even have to write code to make the screen appear. In VB you only have to hit the run button and you have a window that pops up. There is no programming involved there. To make a window appear in Visual C++ you have to write about 95 lines of code to display the window (with no functionality). In visual c++ you actually learn how everything works in a windows program.</font>

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[mahdi]

I've been working with VC++ for a few years now and really like it, been meaning to pick up VB but have been stumped with time constraints. QSECOFR, wow...COBOL
I haven't seen the 32bit versoins yet, but working with COBOL85 was acully kind of fun for me, one of the most structured languages I've seen (I hear Delphi is structured very well also).