Type Inference in Visual Basic with Bill Horst
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In this interview Bill Horst, a member of the Visual Basic QA team, shows us the ins and outs type inference in the newest version of Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008. He shows us how the new Option Infer works and how various types are inferred by the
compiler without having to explicitly declare them. Type inference is one of the new features in Visual Basic to support LINQ.
Also make sure to check out these LINQ How-Do-I videos on the VB Dev Center.
Enjoy!
-Beth Massi, VS Community
Also make sure to check out these LINQ How-Do-I videos on the VB Dev Center.
Enjoy!
-Beth Massi, VS Community
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Keep the great videos coming.
I was watching the video on the toolbar and then low and behold the presenters appear in the lower rhight corner when he is doing the demo.
From now on when you have a demo please follow this pattern!
Sincerely,
Adrian Mowrey
Why don't people think VB is a good programming language to learn?
This is a commonly discussed issue on the VB forums and on the email groups, etc.
We design VB to be usable by people who don't necessarily have a lot of training in programming (business people, students, hobbyists, etc), so we make it as "easy" as we can. This leads to the misconception among some folks that VB is a "toy" and not worth the attention of serious developers.
Why C/C++/C#?
I think C# is favored by a lot of developers because it's familiar syntax. Many people who are already familiar with C or C++ can learn C# quickly, whereas VB might be a little harder to get used to. I originally used C++ on nearly all my college projects, but now that I use VB every day, I definitely favor it over C#.
A lot more enterprise-level applications are coded in C++ or C, and there are things (like memory management) that can be done in these languages that can't really be done in VB. You couldn't code an OS in VB, for example.
Ultimately, different languages are out there for different purposes. If your goal is rapid application development, I think VB is fantastic. If you want to work on an OS or compiler or something like that, probably C/C++. If you're still getting started with programming, I think VB is a great place to start, but you'll eventually want experience with several different languages so you are able to solve many different kinds of problems, etc.
Hope this answers your question somewhat.
Thanks!
- Bill Horst
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