
Originally Posted by
ecaep42
That's not nice, VB6 still has lots of support, and a few programs still rely on it. It was a great programming language of its time.
Does it take advantage of 64-bit cpu or multi-core cpu? Can programs be 64-bit (ie. take advantage of more than 4 gigs of ram)?
Is it faster than vb.net? Any specific circumstances/examples?
Any advantages to using it? (other than it doesn't require .net framework: and can run on windows versions < vista)
I'm not saying it's worthless, but if you have the option, why wouldn't you WANT to use vb.net instead? By any 'programming language standard', vb.net is better than vb: data-type enforcement, encapsulation, classes, exceptions, events just to name a few.
Muzzle-loaders are still popular, but definitely not better than a semi-auto rifle..