Devi0s's Journal: Programming Launguages

There was an off-topic conversation in the thread, "New Linux Kernel Crash-Exploit discovered"(http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/14/118209&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=126&tid=128&tid=185&tid=190).

Some yahoo suggested that VB should be widely used instead of C, in an attempt to modernize coding.

There are a lot of reasons to modernize coding, but we'd lose things like plaform independance, OS independence, low-level control over seemingly unimportant details, etc.

When computing freedoms are threatened by Microsoft controlling the OS market, I do not think that abandoning C in favor of VB is a wise idea.

A better argument might have been for programmers to better consider the intended purpose and user-base, then choose an appropriate high-level language for the likely platform(s) to leverage the capabilities of the platform, operating system, and programming language in order to turn out solid and optimized code. Oh yes, and we must not forget things like cost to implementation, and choosing a language that best fits your programming team's capabilities. And how about a language that best leverages the ratio of time-to-implementation goals vs. quality of software and software performance?

The above are a few of the thousands of reasons why thousands programming languages exist, and there is not one do-all language. There isn't even a do-most language. There is a right tool for the job, but not every tool is the right tool.

In any case, to my unamed and misinformed creative inspiration, I wish you the best of luck with your VB Programming for Dummies book, MCSE certification, and Lincoln Tech diploma. Happy forming!