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VB or C#

Funny thing, Monday my buddy Tom was visitng with me and asked me the age old question (we can say then when talking about technical things right), should I learn C# or VB?  I write in VB, which I sometimes think is funny because I really truely learned to program in C++.  I mean gosh I was writing automation and data collection software back in grad school etc.

So today I see Scott Hanselman has a little musing about this question.  He references another Blog, funny how this stuff just spreads around.  Anyway the conclusion Tom and I drew is pretty much the same as the analogy Hanselman posted.  That is there really is not true difference anymore and by god I am going to write in the language I can make the most money at.

So don't go and get all snobby on me with your C#, I really do not care.  I can read it just the same.  But I can type VB much faster =>

Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:31 PM

by Chris Love
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TomJohnsson said:

I remember visiting with you that Monday, because I was on holiday and you work 7 days a week. Ha! So I dropped by your office to see your latest .NET goodies and once again the C# / VB question came up. I agree with your saying "That is there really is not true difference anymore and ... I am going to write in the language I can make the most money at". However, IT recruiters and development managers make a HUGE deal out of the C# / VB difference when they screen resumes. I don't get it. Why don't they just hire a good .NET developer and the heck with the syntax, because a good developer is about much more than knowing a language. I have been writing most of my .NET code in C#, and now there are VB snobs who talk about a learning curve for me on their projects. So the snob factor goes both ways, apparently.
# February 21, 2006 4:24 AM
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