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minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoBut what about that one guy who writes absolutely brilliant VB?
minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoAhem: OPTION BASE 0 Bam, Qbasic AND Visual Basic has 0 based arrays.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoDepends on the version of VB. It seems VB .NET uses zero-based indexed arrays.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoWho cares? VB is dead and long forgotten.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWhat? People still use VB? dear god…
minus-square2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoThey definitely do, especially legacy stuff that’s still kicking. Sweet, sweet tech debt that you hope won’t be a real problem until you’ve moved to a different company.
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoFucking finances and their macro-enabled excel spreadsheets!
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoLanguages don’t die. They have long tails.
But what about that one guy who writes absolutely brilliant VB?
Ahem:
OPTION BASE 0Bam, Qbasic AND Visual Basic has 0 based arrays.
Depends on the version of VB. It seems VB .NET uses zero-based indexed arrays.
Who cares? VB is dead and long forgotten.
Oh, if only that were true.
What? People still use VB? dear god…
They definitely do, especially legacy stuff that’s still kicking. Sweet, sweet tech debt that you hope won’t be a real problem until you’ve moved to a different company.
Fucking finances and their macro-enabled excel spreadsheets!
Languages don’t die. They have long tails.