Cathi,

Thanks for the info.

Jerry


>There was a detailed thread a while back that goes through the differences between the two languages at Thread #667675. Alan Griver has a really good post in Message #667754 that explains in detail the advantages of VB.NET over C#. There are other posts in the thread too that explain the advantages of C#.
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>Something else to keep in mind is that in August, Microsoft released the Developer Tools Roadmap for 2002-2004 containing information on their strategy for upcoming version of .NET, including plans for advancements to Visual Studio .NET, SQL Server, and the .NET programming languages.
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/roadmap.asp
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>One portion of this roadmap states how the languages are going to diverting from one another as each focuses on a different area of expertise to better suit their developers who use the language. Here is that section:
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>Extended innovation on each of the four major Microsoft languages.
>Developers gravitate to the languages in Visual Studio for the unique roles
>they play: Visual Basic is the most productive, Visual C++ offers the
>greatest power and control, Visual C# advances the state-of-the-art in
>language capabilities, and Visual J# enables Java-language developers to
>build applications on the .NET Framework. In the "Visual Studio for Yukon"
>release, Microsoft will build on these roles and innovate in each of the
>four languages to deepen the synergies between tool and language.
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>It appears that if productivity is your most important feature in a language then VB.NET would be the language to choose. No matter what language you choose, you can always write certain elements of your application in a different language to take advantage of some feature it offers and just compile the functions into classes to be called.
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>>I realize that developers use the best tool for the job, etc... But in general, is there an advantage to using VB.Net over C#.Net?
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>>Any one better as far as learning curve? Documentation?