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Re: A Modern "Hello World"

From	John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: A Modern "Hello World"
Date	2025-12-16 09:21 -0800
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:15:25 -0500
Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

> > Other than one quick bug fix I never did anything with VB but iirc
> > it spawned a cottage industry of 'controls'. Python broke that rice
> > bowl. There may be paid third party modules but I don't know of
> > any.  
> 
> This hot-shot developer where I worked was building all his stuff
> using (iirc) Infragistics controls. Some update to it broke his
> app, and when I got involved with his work, he was using .NET, C#,
> HTML, and Javascript to develop his apps.

Yeah - ActiveX controls were a convenient plug-'n-play method to extend
functionality (aside from the usual DLL-hell issues,) but it could get
to be a real problem if the vendor went bust and had some licensing
scheme in place for them - without the source, you either scrambled for
a not-often-drop-in replacement, or went scouring the sketchier parts
of the Internet for a crack... :/

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