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>So its like the old Visual Basic compiler. They changed VB to compile to native code for a variety of reasons, but speed was one of them.
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>And interestingly, the VB "native compile" feature was still part smoke screen. It only compiled programs (modules) and not the form code. Or vice-versa???
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>A lot of VB still ran in a runtime environment. Not true compiled code like you have in a VC++ app. You still had to have a VB runtime to run your app.
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I have to give them credit for at least going in the right direction though.
I, of course, still favor C++ for speed and control. VB is great for interface designs and GUI's though. I always write C++ backends and use VB for the frontend.

Now though I am getting into .NET and C#. Im annoyed with the whole basis of interpreted code, but its where the market is going.