C# vs. VB .NET

[Guest]

I have a question: I have heard from some that, due to the CLR, there is
really no difference between coding in C# or in VB.NET. I have heard from
others that C# allows a programmer to code at a lower level that VB.NET does.

I am asking for your opinions. What do you say? And if it is true that C#
can do more law-level things than VB.NET, what are these low-level things?

TIA,

 

[Mark Rae]

I have a question: I have heard from some that, due to the CLR, there is
really no difference between coding in C# or in VB.NET.

They're right.

I have heard from others that C# allows a programmer to code at a lower
level that VB.NET does.

They're wrong.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Mark. So why two languages? Before VB offred some advantages over
C++ and Java and vice-versa.

 

[Guest]

I have heard from others that C# allows a programmer to code at a lower

They're wrong.

Actually they are not wrong - C# will let you use pointers so you can modify
memory location directly, which you cannot do in VB, so the above statement
is correct, you can code at a lower level in C# than compare to VB.Net

This is generally true, there are some differences between the two
languages, but mostly it is syntactic sugar that separates them.

Mark R Dawson

 

[Guest]

OK. Where can I find out about those differences? For example, when would I
want to directly modify the memory location. I've coded in C++ but don't
recall having to do this often.

Thanks,

 

[Bill Priess \(MCP\)]

Differences between C# and VB:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q308470

As for when you would need unsafe code:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncscol/html/Csharp10182001.asp

HTH,
Bill Priess, MCP