Re: vb code?

Concerning C or C++ as a language, I think it is important to learn its
data types, since they tend to underly the APIs of almost any operating
system, and sometimes there are not existing wrappers for what you want to
do, so you need to know how to make API calls to system libraries.  If you
are developing operating system components or programming languages,
themselves, there is not a substitute for C.  If you are developing
business oriented or web applications, however, stay away from them, in
lieu of much more productive and reliable languages!  Only highly skilled
C/C++ developers successfully develop sophisticated programs without
memory leaks or other problems that lead to system instability.  Do not
use these languages simply to "build character."  Programming has advanced
beyond the need to dig into risky low-level details that have been safely
addressed by advances in languages that are more tuned to the human mind
than elemental machine!  In general, the lowest level language that most
programmers need to use these days is Java, in my opinion, which handles
memory management automatically, has a vast set of libraries, and is
strongly cross platform.

Jamal


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