Global Functions

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Branco,

I absolutely do not agree the part that you write about "Static". There is a
static keyword in VB, and that describes what it does (although logically
not technical).

The Shared keyword describes in my idea much better logical what it does
than the Static keyword in C#. In my opinion in the word Static in C# just a
piece of legacy.

Therefore let us not change the facts because the people using C derived
languages tells.

To give an anology: Worldwide Coffee describes much better what we are
drinking than as it is in the jargon from C people.

Java is for me an island from Indonesia. Coffee is a drink from a bean that
long ago was smuggled from Brazil by Dutch people to Java where they started
to cultivate it.

The rest of your text we agree about, but that you knew probably already.



Just my thought,

Cor

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Tom,

About your text, I agree with everything you wrote, with one thing you don't
probably agree with me.

VB.Net 2003 is for me the best program development tool I have ever seen.



Cor

 

[Branco Medeiros]

I absolutely do not agree the part that you write about "Static". There is a
static keyword in VB, and that describes what it does (although logically
not technical).

<snip>

Maybe I didn't make it very clear. I was not suggesting another use for
the word "Static". I was actually pointing out that the usual meaning
of the "static" keyword as found in languages such as C# and family is
represented by the "Shared" keyword in VB.

Regards,

Brannco.

 

[Tom Leylan]

Cor,

I routinely rave about how nice it is to develop in Visual Studio. It's a
very productive tool and I'd find it hard to believe some people don't think
so. The problem (as I see it) is usually another form of language wars. A
Java developer may not want to say VS is nice because he can't use it for
development. Not terribly unlike a VB 6 developer talking OOP down or an
early VB.Net developer talking anonymous methods, generics and partial
classes down when they don't have them. VB.Net just got anonymous methods,
Clipper had them 15+ years ago.

I use VB.Net 2005