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jtshaw 07-06-2005 10:23 AM
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Question: would attempting the java cert at 16 and only missing a pass by 10 questions be enough to fill the pre req? Howabout the AP collegeboard computerscience tests- again, java- they are attempted only... because they aren't self-study friendly. I know java, I just can't pass the tests...
Unfortunetly only they can answer questions like that....

Why VB would be a pre-req for linux programming I don't know... makes no sense to me.

deiussum 07-06-2005 10:35 AM
Don't forget the following reasons for hating VB6:
  • It doesn't do multi-threading. At least not well. It can do an apartment threaded model, and there is a way to use the Win32 APIs to create a free threaded model, but it is notoriously unstable.
  • It pretends to be object-oriented, but really isn't. No real inheritence, etc.
  • The IDE for it crashes all the time... And it doesn't save stuff before you try to run a test app so if you spend a lot of time writing out code, then run it w/o saving first, and your app causes the VB IDE to crash... Well... you gotta type all that back in again. :)

titanium_geek 07-06-2005 08:32 PM
oh please oh please oh please let it be python instead (or other more friendly(than VB) lang)

But if I did take it- (and that would majorly suck) - would it corrupt me beyond hope? :) seriously, what damage could be done, what dangers must I be aware off?

titanium_geek

voly 07-06-2005 11:06 PM
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Originally posted by titanium_geek
the university that did stuff at our school here had an even more bizzare language to teach programming.
Really? Which one?

Now my curiosity is all er, curious.

For the record, I did a bit of Java at an Aussie uni, and I've mucked around with C and C++ (@ TAFE and from books). I much preferred learning C and C++. But each to their own. I've never even looked at VB, but some friends of mine have used it, and they're still sane...right? ;)

deiussum 07-06-2005 11:11 PM
If you have to take a VB course for a college course it won't corrupt you, but as soon as you move on to better things, try to purge it from memory as soon as possible. :)

I had to work with VB for about 3 years for my job. Then we started working with Java for a project for a few months before we were aquired by another company and had to start a completely different project. By then .Net was out and thankfully they decided to go with C# .Net instead of VB .Net.

Now I've transferred and am finally working with my language of choice, C++... :)

titanium_geek 07-07-2005 09:58 AM
bolivian university (not aussie) - I have done my highschool education overseas, which means HEADACHES... but anyway.

It's called the UPB (university private Bolivian - better translation: Private University of Bolivia) - they had a REALLY bizzare language- really obscure. I can't remember the name now. :)

thanks for the responses. :)

titanium_geek


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