Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic

From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic
Date	2016-02-18 08:26 +0100
Organization	PointedEars Software (PES)
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James Harris wrote:

> On 17/02/2016 22:46, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> James Harris wrote:
>>> IIRC VB forms are designed graphically. In other languages you create
>>> GUIs by function calls. It's a better way but you might find it takes
>>> some getting used to.
>> In its absoluteness, plain wrong.  I can name several programming
>> languages with which you do _not_ (have to) create “GUIs by function
>> calls”.
> 
> You'll see I did not say "all" or "most" or even "many".

Good, because it would have been ⅔ weasel words otherwise.

> I decided to just say "other" which was non-specific enough for the 
> purposes of the reply.

Your logic is flawed.

  1. X := {x | p(x)}
  2. |X| > 1
  3. v ∈ X
  4. Y := X \ {v}
  5. y ∈ Y
  6. q(y) ≡ ∀y q(y). ∎

>>> info try comp.lang.python.
>> Exactly.  And general programming questions belong in comp.lang.misc, not
>> any or all arbitrary programming newsgroup(s).
> 
> For general programming I would advise comp.programming. Newsgroup
> comp.lang.misc was once used for languages which were not dealt with
> elsewhere in the Big 8 hierarchy but became more about language and
> compiler design.

ACK, the taglines indicate that indeed.

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Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic wrong.address.1@gmail.com - 2016-02-16 05:45 -0800
  Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-02-16 09:36 -0500
  Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic Gary Peek <peek@industrologic.com> - 2016-02-16 11:21 -0600
    Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic wrong.address.1@gmail.com - 2016-02-17 11:40 -0800
  Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic James Wang <jwang25610@gmail.com> - 2016-02-17 01:09 -0800
    Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic wrong.address.1@gmail.com - 2016-02-17 11:38 -0800
  Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2016-02-17 10:07 +0000
    Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic wrong.address.1@gmail.com - 2016-02-17 11:44 -0800
      Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2016-02-18 00:03 +0000
    Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-17 23:46 +0100
      Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2016-02-18 00:08 +0000
        Re: Considering a new programming language after years with Visual Basic Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-18 08:26 +0100

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