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| In obtaining the MCSD, I need to decice which path to
take... C++ or VB. I have an associate's degree in
Computer programming & have taken two classes for each
one. I don't have a preference for either language, or
even a gut feeling as to which one suits me better, so I
need some help.
Are C++ skills more valuable than VB or vice versa? How
would I go about finding out which is more demanded
skill? I do read the classifieds each week to see who's
hiring for what, but I don't think this is necessarily an
accurate indicator of what skills are needed in the
marketplace.
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| VB is much easier than C++, as is C#. Probably if you need to ask then you
shouldn't be heading down the C++ path, it's for "hardcore" programmers. And
certainly if you want to be a .NET developer then you should be choosing
from VB.NET or C#. Personally I'd go with C#, I figure MS must have gone and
invented it for a reason, probably to overcome the shortcomings of both VB
and C++ as modern OO languages. I've been doing C# now for a few months and
it's probably just as easy as VB.NET anyway, just has the C like syntax but
with none of the fickleness of C (forward declares, no garbage collection
etc).
"Alexx" <alexxstar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In obtaining the MCSD, I need to decice which path to
> take... C++ or VB. I have an associate's degree in
> Computer programming & have taken two classes for each
> one. I don't have a preference for either language, or
> even a gut feeling as to which one suits me better, so I
> need some help.
>
> Are C++ skills more valuable than VB or vice versa? How
> would I go about finding out which is more demanded
> skill? I do read the classifieds each week to see who's
> hiring for what, but I don't think this is necessarily an
> accurate indicator of what skills are needed in the
> marketplace.
>
>
>
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| Jaime 2003-07-23, 12:24 am |
| You make a really good point about c#, I'll have to think
about that, I've always done vb but maybe it would be a
good idea to learn c# as well, especially since they are
so similar.
>-----Original Message-----
>VB is much easier than C++, as is C#. Probably if you
need to ask then you
>shouldn't be heading down the C++ path, it's
for "hardcore" programmers. And
>certainly if you want to be a .NET developer then you
should be choosing
>from VB.NET or C#. Personally I'd go with C#, I figure
MS must have gone and
>invented it for a reason, probably to overcome the
shortcomings of both VB
>and C++ as modern OO languages. I've been doing C# now
for a few months and
>it's probably just as easy as VB.NET anyway, just has
the C like syntax but
>with none of the fickleness of C (forward declares, no
garbage collection
>etc).
>
>"Alexx" <alexxstar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:019001c34fb4$6802fe00$a40
1280a@phx.gbl...
>> In obtaining the MCSD, I need to decice which path to
>> take... C++ or VB. I have an associate's degree in
>> Computer programming & have taken two classes for each
>> one. I don't have a preference for either language, or
>> even a gut feeling as to which one suits me better, so
I
>> need some help.
>>
>> Are C++ skills more valuable than VB or vice versa?
How
>> would I go about finding out which is more demanded
>> skill? I do read the classifieds each week to see
who's
>> hiring for what, but I don't think this is necessarily
an
>> accurate indicator of what skills are needed in the
>> marketplace.
>>
>>
>>
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