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Re: Visual Basic

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Originally Posted by basicxman View Post
i have to admit running programs is a bit slow but, meh!
Heh, it's just a problem of insufficient hardware

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Originally Posted by whitetiger0990 View Post
"It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."
BASIC is not Visual Basic; VB has more in common with C++ than with BASIC.

That being said, if you can teach yourself (or get taught) regular old C, you'll have a foundation that will pay you well for the rest of your life.

Not a bad return for a High School student...

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