So.. where be the C# folk?

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I know that VB and C# .NET are 90% identical (syntax aside), but I'm curious.. why aren't there many C# programmers on these forums? Aside from the one C# specific forum, all code in other areas are basically written in VB.

After programming in Java for so long and now learning C++ (which is why I've been absent from these forums) I'm starting to find the C# syntax way more likable.

I don't know.. just bored and felt like throwing that out there for no reason at all. :-\
 
The code is mainly VB because most of the users here have come across from Extreme-VB. Technically you can use any language you like in the non-language specific boards.
 
Most of the people here who are fairly well experienced in VB.NET can
also help with C#; the languages are nearly identical when you
get right down to it.
 
I use only C# - read any of my posts and you'll see my apologies at attempting to use VB.NET. I've used VB professionally for about 8 years but liked C# better. Having to learn the assemblies and WinForms (or WebForms) is more than 90% of development - the language is just a means to get everything else working.

My company basically took a vote and decided to go C#. Most of us knew JavaScript from our web programming so the syntax wasn't difficult. I like the "strictness" built into C# FAR more than VB's - I was never too keen on all the type coersion going on in VB6. 99% of the time it was convenient, but that 1%... oh, that 1% :)

I almost asked the same question on the Language Specific forums - why are there SO many more posts for help with VB.NET than C#. Then I realized what it was: C# programmers are smarter and don't need help :p

-Nerseus
 
I expect there to be more and more C# questions asked as more and more search engines find the site. A lot of people are still finding this site through the VB forum which is why we're getting more VB.NET questions than C#.

Saying that, very few questions are really syntax specific. If I see a poster is working with C#, I'll try and give a C# answer.
 
I dont know about anyone else but c# is far more intuitive than vb (but then again I come from a c++ background).

I am V. dissapointed though, as the whole .NET philosophy takes away some of the clever stuff that kinda made a C++ programmer worth his money. It is far easier to do things now than ever before.

I actually feel more like a vb programmer than a c++ one

** Oh No I may forget what real code is !!! **

:D
 
Real code is code that runs as expected with no errors - the only kind the users care about - they don't care what language was used.

Waxing nostalgic here...
I loved VB3. It was fast, easy, did everything it needed to. It sucked for making installs - DLL hell was a pain, but the abundance of 3rd party controls was just fuuuun. Don't get me wrong, there's not enough money in the world to make me go back to touch any code I wrote 8 years ago in VB3, but I loved it :)

-Nerseus
 
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