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minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoBut what about that one guy who writes absolutely brilliant VB?
minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoAhem: OPTION BASE 0 Bam, Qbasic AND Visual Basic has 0 based arrays.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoDepends on the version of VB. It seems VB .NET uses zero-based indexed arrays.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoWho cares? VB is dead and long forgotten.
minus-squareasudox@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoWhat? People still use VB? dear god…
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoLanguages don’t die. They have long tails.
minus-square2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months 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-up6·3 months 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!