Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Tim Chase Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Considering migrating to Python from Visual Basic 6 for engineering applications Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:18:00 -0600 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <90cc50d2-1ce5-4588-9bfd-a49d439f00dd@googlegroups.com> <14c75a68-0d2e-45cc-8d73-0d71b6a6aea6@googlegroups.com> <0a56557a-3c41-4900-b03c-288f1af82c53@googlegroups.com> <9d101727-7e9d-4031-9814-95b81b7c5520@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de QqEWXZeGJZHNuP1jO00C0AfpQIILpDVC5JuPGHfRYiuA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'sufficient': 0.05; 'lines.': 0.07; 'subject:Visual': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'languages.': 0.15; 'subject: \n ': 0.15; '-tkc': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'java.': 0.16; 'plan.': 0.16; 'readable': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'support)': 0.16; 'vb.net': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; "wouldn't": 0.16; 'language': 0.19; 'dropped': 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; "python's": 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'all.': 0.24; 'sense': 0.26; 'found.': 0.27; 'ago': 0.29; 'convert': 0.29; 'compared': 0.30; 'especially': 0.32; 'utility': 0.33; 'could': 0.35; 'c++': 0.35; 'there': 0.36; 'form,': 0.36; 'smaller': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'really': 0.37; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.37; 'subject:from': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'easy': 0.60; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.62; 'programs': 0.62; 'relatively': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'different': 0.63; 'hear': 0.64; 'talking': 0.67; 'received:10.235': 0.84; 'received:23': 0.84; 'besides,': 0.93 X-Sender-Id: wwwh|x-authuser|tim@thechases.com X-Sender-Id: wwwh|x-authuser|tim@thechases.com X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: wwwh|x-authuser|tim@thechases.com X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: wwwh X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1455823254371:1782952228 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1455823254371 In-Reply-To: <9d101727-7e9d-4031-9814-95b81b7c5520@googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-AuthUser: tim@thechases.com X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21rc2 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:103145 On 2016-02-18 09:58, wrong.address.1@gmail.com wrote: > How long can I depend on VB? Are you talking the VB6-and-before, or VB.Net? Given that MS dropped support for the VB6 line a decade ago (2005-2008 depending on whether you had extended support) with little to no help in transitioning to VB.Net which (pejoratively called "Visual Fred" because it's so different), I wouldn't want to depend on it at all. Especially since VB.Net is so radically different from VB6. As it seems you've found. > I don't really mind learning one more language if there is > sufficient utility of it. Besides, I hear that Python is relatively > easy to learn compared to C++ or Java. I find that Python is much more readable than the C-flavored languages. Also, while there are language gotchas in all of them, Python's make a lot more sense to me compared to those in the C-flavored languages. > I have some smaller VB programs (single form, little math) for my > own use. I could convert those first and get a feel of how it is > going to be with larger programs with thousands of lines. Excellent plan. -tkc