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| Date | 2012-06-02 10:39 -0400 |
|---|---|
| From | Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) |
| References | <BASIC-20120602132123@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> |
| Message-ID | <4fca25a2$0$284$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> (permalink) |
| Organization | SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source |
On 6/2/2012 7:39 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> BASIC was the first programming language I learned and the
> second programming language I was giving classes for (the
> first one being Pascal).
>
> In the next week, I will give my first VB class. So - for
> preparation - I did have a look at some VB source code.
> And I had an eerie feeling when reading the following part,
> thinking: This is actually Java, just with a BASIC syntax!
>
> If ret.StartsWith("-") Or ret.StartsWith("/") Then Throw New Exception(...)
>
> I mean, »String#startsWith« and »throw new Exception ...« are
> not part of the classic BASIC, but surely are part of Java!
>
> (But then, one can also dispute that VB actually /has/ a BASIC
> syntax: There are no line numbers, it does not understand
> LET, GOSUB nor »PRINT 1,2;3«. And of course, there is no
> »MAT«, »DEF FN...« or READ/DATA. So it's Java with a made-up
> syntax, which possibly partially resembles BASIC.)
>
> Well, Java surely is influential. Maybe the
> programming-language landscape will slowly converge to some
> set of common features/classes and syntax.
If you with VB means VB.NET then you are absolutely correct.
VB.NET is C# with VB syntax and C# is close to a superset of Java.
And the .NET library is also rather close to the Java library.
Anders Hejlsberg worked on MS Java before he started working
on .NET and C#.
Arne
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Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-02 10:39 -0400
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-02 10:40 -0400
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-02 09:41 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-03 00:44 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-03 09:18 -0400
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-03 09:15 -0400
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-03 13:50 -0500
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-03 19:29 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-16 23:35 -0400
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-16 23:29 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-17 18:33 -0400
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-03 13:26 -0500
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-03 12:13 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-03 15:42 -0500
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-03 14:23 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-03 14:25 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-05 09:22 -0500
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-05 09:54 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-16 23:34 -0400
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-24 17:02 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-24 23:09 -0700
Re: eerie Java-BASIC (partially OT) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-16 23:30 -0400
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