Re: which is preferable - C# Discussion Boards

Michael Bookatz10-Jun-09 23:19

Michael Bookatz

10-Jun-09 23:19

The answer to this question is 6 of one half a dozen of the other! It depends on which skill set you have now and going forward.

Vijjuuu.10-Jun-09 23:21

10-Jun-09 23:21

Thanks

saanj10-Jun-09 23:20

saanj

10-Jun-09 23:20

It seems that you need to start with your basics as far as the .net technologies are concerned. So I would recommend you to acquire some knowledge before you start your project by buying some good books on .net and referring online materials.

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Vijjuuu.10-Jun-09 23:21

10-Jun-09 23:21

Thanks.

Christian Graus10-Jun-09 23:20

Christian Graus

10-Jun-09 23:20

They are basically identical. They compile to the same MSIL, and the differences between the languages are minor, and unlikely to affect a project like this. So, go with what you feel comfortable with.

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Vijjuuu.10-Jun-09 23:23

10-Jun-09 23:23

Thanks..

Colin Angus Mackay10-Jun-09 23:26

10-Jun-09 23:26

They are both much of a muchness. Which one is preferable is based on which ever you prefer using. Or if you are needing to hire developers, which ever one has a supply of good quality (assuming that's what you want) developers in your area.

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Vijjuuu.10-Jun-09 23:33

10-Jun-09 23:33

Thanks colin . i am C++ developer and i am familiar with .net but not a expert . But after reading these replies some question got in my mind . may be if it out of topic just ignore my question.

my question in what areas does C# and VB.net defer , is it just programmer preference ? or is there any functional areas where these two will be defer ?

if my question is too much then pls ignore it .

Thank you very much for you time.

Colin Angus Mackay10-Jun-09 23:43

10-Jun-09 23:43

Vijjuuuuuuuuu........... wrote:
my question in what areas does C# and VB.net defer , is it just programmer preference ? or is there any functional areas where these two will be defer ?

There are minor differences in the code that is generated by the compiler, but nothing that would get me worked up. The product groups have a policy to keep the two languages broadly in sync, but there are some differences. e.g. VB9 has inline XML - In other words you can write XML in the language and it will create a proper DOM for it. In C# you have to create the objects or parse an XML string to get to the same DOM.

They way I look at it is that there are about 100 differences (style/syntactic) and over 100,000 identical things (the methods on the .NET Framework)

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Vijjuuu.10-Jun-09 23:47

10-Jun-09 23:47

Thank you so much for your time Colin.
i really appreciate for your time .

Singan10-Jun-09 23:49

Singan

10-Jun-09 23:49

I'm absolutly not a expert on the subject, but my friends tell me that you get a lot of hangups when using multi threeds in VB.Net but never in C#.

To be frank the tell me 'u get hangups multi threeding in VB.NET ... i doesn't work'

So I say use C# because you probably sooner or later like to use this solutions.

Colin Angus Mackay10-Jun-09 23:54

10-Jun-09 23:54

Singan wrote:
my friends tell me that you get a lot of hangups when using multi threeds in VB.Net but never in C#.

This argument is specious.

You can screw up multi-threading just as easily in C# as you can in VB.

Singan wrote:
I'm absolutly not a expert on the subject

Singan wrote:
my friends tell me

Singan wrote:
So I say use C#

Indeed.

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S. Senthil Kumar10-Jun-09 23:55

S. Senthil Kumar

10-Jun-09 23:55

Singan wrote:
To be frank the tell me 'u get hangups multi threeding in VB.NET ... i doesn't work'

Sorry, but that is totally untrue, unless they discovered a bug in the VB.NET compiler. Threading is handled by the CLR, and it knows nothing about VB.NET or C#, only MSIL.

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Vijjuuu.10-Jun-09 23:57

10-Jun-09 23:57

Thanks Singan,

when there is Visual studio , we used to use Visual Basic that is the only front end we used to use.
and i used to do automation project in Visual basic . now i am planning to do some projects to .NET
so i am confused which one to use C# or VB.NET because both provide window application and both looks really the same . both provide data base connectivity and reporting tools etc.. so i thought of asking experts this forum.

Pete O'Hanlon11-Jun-09 0:00

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11-Jun-09 0:00

Please ignore this idiot. He's wrong - in fact he couldn't be further off the mark if he insisted the earth was flat.

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Colin Angus Mackay11-Jun-09 0:05

11-Jun-09 0:05

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
in fact he couldn't be further off the mark if he insisted the earth was flat.

I prefer listening to the arguments of the concave earth society myself. Smile | :)

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Rajesh R Subramanian11-Jun-09 0:28

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11-Jun-09 0:28

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
he couldn't be further off the mark if he insisted the earth was flat.

Well said! We all know the earth is a cube.

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Pete O'Hanlon10-Jun-09 23:58

Pete O'Hanlon

10-Jun-09 23:58

Singan wrote:
I'm absolutly not a expert on the subject

Singan wrote:
my friends tell me that you get a lot of hangups when using multi threeds in VB.Net but never in C#.

Singan wrote:
To be frank the tell me 'u get hangups multi threeding in VB.NET ... i doesn't work'

Singan wrote:
So I say use C# because you probably sooner or later like to use this solutions.

There's nothing like arguing a case from a position of no knowledge. This argument is complete and utter rubbish - in fact, it's been a long time since I've heard an argument that is so completely wrong, that it has a degree in wrongness. You do know that threading is a capability of the OS (and encapsulated by the framework on top) don't you? Given that, you do know that there isn't a VB only version of the .NET runtime don't you. So, stop relying on other people to do your thinking for you, and start thinking for yourself. Any idea that starts with "this bloke told me" is almost always guaranteed to be wrong.

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Christian Graus10-Jun-09 23:59

Christian Graus

10-Jun-09 23:59

Singan wrote:
I'm absolutly not a expert on the subject

No, and...

Singan wrote:
but my friends tell me that you get a lot of hangups when using multi threeds in VB.Net but never in C#.

it appears your friends are idiots.

Pete O'Hanlon11-Jun-09 0:01

Pete O'Hanlon

11-Jun-09 0:01

Christian Graus wrote:
it appears your friends are idiots.

Not only his friends - I have to assume they're his frat buddies from idiots anonymous.

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Singan17-Jun-09 23:14

Singan

17-Jun-09 23:14

Oooh dear i feel like a rabbit in a wolf pit.

You are probably more or less right, I'll see to get the complete info why.. before I make a input like this again..

Rajesh R Subramanian11-Jun-09 0:27

Rajesh R Subramanian

11-Jun-09 0:27

Singan wrote:
To be frank the tell me 'u get hangups multi threeding in VB.NET ... i doesn't work'

The friend who told you this is most probably a high school dropout. Tell him he's wrong.

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0x3c011-Jun-09 1:48

0x3c0

11-Jun-09 1:48

No. Just...no. When VB.Net is compiled, it produces CIL code. When C# is compiled, it produces almost identical CIL code (give or take some compiler-specific optimisations). Multithreading works the same in VB.Net as it does C#. If your friends think this, then they should have asked for help when they had trouble (I assume that's why they are so put off VB.Net threading)

The only 'hangup' I can think of is that one has to use the AddressOf operator (if this wasn't used, then I could see how a problem would exist), but even this is fairly clear. Something that you might have misheard are the problems that legacy VB has with threads. VB.Net != VB

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Dave Kreskowiak11-Jun-09 3:49

Dave Kreskowiak

11-Jun-09 3:49

I suggest seeking out new friends who know better and actually know how to write code. Your current crop of friends don't have a clue about what they're talking about.

Did you know that VB.NET and C# compile down to the same MSIL code?? Use the same libraries in the .NET Framework?? So how could one work and not the other??

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