One of the strengths of VB was (and is) its GUI. For about 15 years I have written the odd Windoze application that has VB for the front end driving C/C++ DLL's. Way back when I was a bit younger I also had Catalyst Tools and the combination the two (VB and Catalyst) gave us a very solid base for internet applications - e.g. a secure email system for the medical profession that transmitted encrypted email divided between two transports SMTP and FTP. It was completed in just over a week. The only problem was that user testing took 8 weeks because they didn't believe that the application could be written so quickly - and it wasn't us that provided the speed it was the tools.
Horses for courses again I guess. VB has a good GUI for RAD and front-ends, but is bloaty and is not a true compiler. It's a good training tool. However, if you have ever come across a large application written in VB you will never forget the nightmare.
Cheers
David
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