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Re: The Beep Function.

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> You really are going out of your way to annoy people here aren't you?
>
> This NG is for the original VB only and that means versions up to VB6 
> inclusive.
>
> The majority consensus here is that the versions of "VB" after 6 are not a 
> logical progression from VB6 and as such do not merit the name "VB". While 
> the .NET versions of "VB" may well be adequate languages in their own 
> right they are not an evolution from VB6, there is some similarity in 
> keywords and the syntax at first glance is similar but that is as far as 
> it goes. Converting a program that is significantly more complex than 
> "Hello World" from VB6 to VB.NET is so tricky that in the majority of 
> cases it's less effort to start again from scratch.
>
>
>
> DaveO
>
I don't agree that he is, Dave.  What he says has plenty of valid points in 
it, and it doesn't annoy me in the slightest. .

On the other hand, I think your encapsulation of the dreaded dot.net is spot 
on!

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