You've posted that before I recall and it is very important information to know. Seriously. However, it does not change the "public" opinion out there (and it does exist) that in general, the C# developer is of higher caliber - false though it might be. More hobbyists play with vb.net but C# is used by more experienced developers than vb.net (although pros do use vb.net - I don't mean to suggest otherwise). The same view was held by the public between VFP and other languages. Once that view gets out there - it's almost impossible to change.


>Last update to that article was 2005. When Microsoft first released .NET, they say VB.NET differently than C# developers. They pictured the two as developing different types of applications, with different users. Since then, Microsoft has changed their minds. After doing research into the two languages, they've found that C# and VB developers create the same types of apps for the same audiences. There is no difference between them. Because of that, Microsoft has combined the languages teams (except C++) into one team and will have language parity going forward, meaning functionality in one will appear in the other, with a few minor differences.
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>>I'd go with the one you are most comfortable with - which sounds like VB in this case.
>>From a language POV the differences between VB and C# are getting less with each version.
>>Interesting wider perspective here tho (that may raise a few hackles :-} ) :
>>http://www.codeproject.com/kb/dotnet/CSharpVersusVB.aspx
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>>Snip:
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>>1.80% of C# programmers are good, while 80% of VB programmers are not good. This is not to say that everyone who programs in VB is less skilled than everyone who programs in C#. This is to say that:
>>a.the VB syntax and semantics is designed to attract less skilled programmers and, in combination with other factors examined above, this has created a culture that is populated with less skilled programmers.
>>b.and because VB syntax and semantics make it more difficult to avoid common programming errors and hence to program well.