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minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoBut what about that one guy who writes absolutely brilliant VB?
minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoAhem: OPTION BASE 0 Bam, Qbasic AND Visual Basic has 0 based arrays.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoDepends on the version of VB. It seems VB .NET uses zero-based indexed arrays.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoWho cares? VB is dead and long forgotten.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoWhat? People still use VB? dear god…
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoFucking finances and their macro-enabled excel spreadsheets!
minus-square2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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…
Fucking finances and their macro-enabled excel spreadsheets!
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.
Languages don’t die. They have long tails.