[Gllug] OT(ish): Advice

[Bernard Peek]

In message <000a01c2a058$bb5521c0$800b22a3 at nhe.hydro.com>, Sudhir Anand 
<anand_sudhir at yahoo.co.uk> writes

>1) Kylix's environment, or .NET's for that matter,  actually hinders a
>programmer from becoming familiar with program execution.  The framework
>hides the implementation of low-level windows creation and program
>execution.  The concept of dropping components and writing minimal code is
>not conducive to understanding programming.

That's true and it isn't an accident. One of the aims of Kylix and VB 
and similar systems is to hide the complexity of the program. In some 
ways VB and C++ are on divergent courses, with Kylix and Delphi 
somewhere between the two.

Under Windows VB and VC++ are being used for different types of work and 
using different techniques. VB is intended for quick-and-dirty but 
functional software. VC++ is used where performance is important. VB is 
a successor to COBOL, VC++ is a successor to assembler. Different jobs 
need different tools.



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