Re: Converting from Informix till SQL-server, Experiences ?

> I don't know that I would use those exact words, but my experience has been > that VB is an attempt to make programming available to the masses. My OK, so you agree that it's aimed at the lowest common denominator, then... :) > principle problem with it is the 'OO' nature of the stuff - every third OO as in gOtO? Certainly sounds the same. > line invokes something from someplace else which you then have to search > for to determine what is actually being done. It is easy to have a dozen > windows open each of which is responsible for a portion of the same logical > thread of processing. Very difficult stuff to read. A few other issues as well > - but that one really sticks in my craw. Just multiply that out to a biggish system and... <glurk> -- Ciao, Billy +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Billy Wheeler Junior Programmer / Director The West Solutions Group | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The Informix FAQ is at: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | .... oh, and Kerry, I see it's _still_ not at rtfm.mit.edu... :-) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+