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>>>My mistake Gregory, I primarily use C# also but occaisonaly VB. I was thinking of static (C#) vs Shared (VB). That was interesting reading however. Thanks
>>>Tim
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>>No problem - for classes Shared would apply
>>
>>(I don't know a lot about vb). Read the other day that vb can have 'public' methods, ie methods that do not belong to any class whilst C# cannot
>
>I worked on a project for a few months that was strictly VB. I really prefer C# as it seems like it takes alot less typing but VB has some nice features that would be good in C#. ( NO smack intended for those who use VB)
>

>string MyMethod(int numAllowed, string message)
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>Seems so much shorter than
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>Private Function MyMethod(ByVal numAllowed As Integer, byVal message As String) As String
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>
>anyway, I use both at times, but not real technical on the VB side.
>Regards
>Tim

haha,

A couple of months ago - on a french newsgroup - I posted something similar, just stating that
int i = 1;
was much shorter than
dim i as integer

A reply I got was: since when is shorter better ? The guy had taken it as a personal offence (he had taken the vb road) where I had just pointed out that it was shorter

I know that talking about the vb road is sensitive and sometimes taken as offensive - so I refrain from commenting on that choice

The choice is personal anyway, you take what you are most familiar with

Having programmed in C, it is not a surprise I went for C#
I will not learn vb however - not that I find it bad or so - but I cannot afford the time to do so
There's C#, then there's sql server, reports, etc

Cheers,