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minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoBut what about that one guy who writes absolutely brilliant VB?
minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoAhem: OPTION BASE 0 Bam, Qbasic AND Visual Basic has 0 based arrays.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoDepends on the version of VB. It seems VB .NET uses zero-based indexed arrays.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWho cares? VB is dead and long forgotten.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWhat? People still use VB? dear god…
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoLanguages don’t die. They have long tails.
minus-square2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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-up6·1 year agoFucking finances and their macro-enabled excel spreadsheets!
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…
Languages don’t die. They have long tails.
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!