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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2731 comp.lang.basic.visual:27186 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:653 comp.databases.sybase:11424 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca!gadwall.cs.uoguelph.ca!rolenewa From: rolenewa@uoguelph.ca (Ricardo Olenewa) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Date: 29 Nov 1994 15:54:28 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3bfirk$5g@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com> <3be6q8$8ts@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> <dil.admin.1241.0008B1DB@mhs.unc.edu> <D01AKq.2n3@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gadwall.cs.uoguelph.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : If you develop ONE application in PB vs VB, you might find they compare. : But if you understand OO paradigm and either buy or make a good class : library for PB, development is much easier in PB. Even internally to : an application, inheritance is an incredible thing that VB frankly : lacks. I found that even in my first project with PB, I saved a lot of : time with just inheriting standard data entry screens within the application : I was writing (Not using class library at the time). Agreed. However, you can build up a pseudo-library if your code is flexible enough. But for that matter you could have one developer spend all their time on this one task. This is one area in which competitive environments tend to beat out VB (ie. SmallTalk, PB). I wonder when MS is going to get off of their buts and develop this a little further. --------- "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains" - Jean-Jacques Rosseau ============================================================================== Ricardo Olenewa U of Goo rolenewa@uoguelph.ca Room 50 The Flamingo Hotel L\A L\A Land ------------------------------------------------------------------------------