Re: Wrote a little encryption program. How can you tell how good it is?

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From: "TC" <a@b.c.d>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:08:56 +1030

"ošin" <ošin@ragnarok.com> wrote in message
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> > Why is VB such a bad language. Do you write your code in 1's and 0's?
>
> VB is a very bad language for lots of reasons that I will not repeat
here.
> And no, I do not write in 1s and 0s, however that has to relationship to
the
> fact that VB sucks (I think your were attempting some misguided analogy
> there). Pascal, C, C++, Java, C#, and even FORTRAN are good for expressing
> algorithms, but VB is a joke for that purpose. There are many other
> respectable languages for expressing algorithms as well. But I do not have
> an interest in arguing this point. My original point was not really to say
> that VB is a joke (even though it is), but rather that you will not be
taken
> seriously by others in this news group if you expressing algorithms in VB.

Well, that really is just a load of unsupported nonsense. It seems obvious
to me (after 35 years coding in dozens of different languages) that every
language has upsides and downsides. Why is VB any worse at "expressing
algorithms", than any other mainstream language? I think you should
investigate the composition of the obvious chip on your shoulder!

I assume we are talking about the programming language Visual Basc for
Applications (VBA) - not the development product, Visual Basic (VB).

TC

>
> > If I said I wrote the code in C, I would be dissed by someone saying
that
> I
> > should write in assembler.
>
> No, you probably would not be "dissed" for using C. In fact, you would
> probably get flamed by more people for using assembler, perhaps even more
> than if you used VB!
>
>

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