Re: Wrote a little encryption program. How can you tell how good it is?
From: TC (a@b.c.d)
Date: 03/04/03
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From: "TC" <a@b.c.d> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:13:25 +1030
"TC" <a@b.c.d> wrote in message news:1046756457.177247@teuthos...
>
> "ošin" <ošin@ragnarok.com> wrote in message
> news:v6898m2th3k079@corp.supernews.com...
> > > 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
Further to this, perhaps I misunderstood what you (odin) meant. If you meant
that VB[A] is not a good choice for expressing algorithms in a formal manner
for group discussion, then of course I would agree with you.
TC
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