Hi, Anna.

>Thanks for the info - I;m beginning to think you're right.
>My problem is that I instinctively don't feel that VB is a real
>'programmer's' language - not like C or VFP (at least). My husband think's
>I'm still hankering after Z80 and 6502 assembler (but that's another story
>...)

So do I, and hey! did you programmed Z80 assembler, too? That's funny. I did it for many years. Actually, I started hand-assembling for the Sinclair 1000, and I ended doing it professionally for MSX machines (I worked for an MSX computers producer).

>Mind you - aren't similar things said about VFP (and what will happen to MS
>when they finally get split up ?

It's because of that I don't think that is better to avoid another problematic language/eenvironment. About the -eventual- MS split, don't worry. In any case, it would not affect us as programmers. And it won't hurt MS neither. Indeed, most probably, they could be stronger in the long run.

>Many thanks for these ideas/thoughts - much appreciated.

You're welcome.

>I'll take a look at some of the sites on C# - and also try and get a beta
>verstion of VB.Net. (I should be getting VFP.Net through the UK User Group -
>but I'm not sure about VB).

Most surely you'll get the Visual Studio .Net beta, that has all the stuff. I don't know about any separated beta. Given that, you can see that VB.Net is -almost- a decent language now. 8-)