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Using c++//C#//VB.net?

MrOzzy · 2003-03-26T10:37:27

Well, I guess I need some introduction (/me is kinda new here). I''m a 24 yr old programmer who wants to check out game programming. After 10 years of basic, and vb programming I''d like to switch to the C languages. I was working as a trainer in VB 6.0 in a Belgian training center, switched jobs and finding myself with loads of spare time :D. With the recent developments in the .net platform I''d like to know what you all think about using C# or VB.net as a game development platform. When learning a bit vb.net I realised C# isn''t that much of a diffrence, and I could cover it whole in a few months. So I tought why not switch to C# and leave that limited VB behind? If I want to try out some game development, and don''t want to be limited by the language I use, what should I learn best? Stick to C++ (wich would take more then 12 months to get the same experience as I have in VB6), like most of you guys, try out C#(Wich will take 6 months or so) or use VB.net (wich I can learn in a few weeks)? note: I completely master VB6 (including COM, ActiveX, ADO, n-tier programming, ..). I''ve allready created a tetris and a pac-man in VB6, but I gave up programming games in it since it doesn''t support (web)services, wich is needed to make something massive multiplayer.

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Started by MrOzzy March 25, 2003 04:15 PM

12 comments, last by MrOzzy 21 years ago

MrOzzy

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March 26, 2003 09:19 AM

Hmm, well I was expecting this one :D. I''ve gotten it from a newsgroup on http://www.dotnet247.com, been seaching for that post haven''t found it back. But one thing is fo sure C# is only designed because MS wanted to give C/C++ programmers access to the .Net framework but thier main goal is to make one single language based on VB, not C. So, thier advise is that new programmers better learn VB.net, not C#.

note: The post that I read it in was from one of the members of the MS Development team. I''ll post it here when I find it back.

thona

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March 26, 2003 09:45 AM

quote:So, thier advise is that new programmers better learn VB.net, not C#.

Wrong. Simply and plainly wrong.

Regards

Thomas Tomiczek
THONA Consulting Ltd.
(Microsoft MVP C#/.NET)

RegardsThomas TomiczekTHONA Consulting Ltd.(Microsoft MVP C#/.NET)

Arild Fines

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March 26, 2003 09:46 AM

quote:Original post by MrOzzy
But one thing is fo sure C# is only designed because MS wanted to give C/C++ programmers access to the .Net framework but thier main goal is to make one single language based on VB, not C.

So is this.

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MrOzzy

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March 26, 2003 10:37 AM

I guess I read the wrong articles

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