Why are we bringing VB to Linux?
Projects are appearing that attempt to bring Visual Basic clones to Linux. Marc Boorshtein, a former VB programmer, thinks this is a mistake, and that we should be innovating with what we already have instead of spending time working at emulating what he considers a technological dead end.
I was very disturbed by first reading about KBasic on slashdot.org and then another VB clone on newsforge.com. Why are we trying to emulate Windows? Do we have to make the same mistakes? While the idea behind VB is good (an environment in which pre-built components can be glued together to build applications quickly), MS VB is NOT a good language at its core. It isn't object-oriented, it's object-based. There is no inheritance, and its implementation of interfaces leaves much to be desired. Python is fully object-oriented and cross platform.
What makes MS VB so strong isn't the language itself, it's the environment and support. While VB is a terrible language, it has an amazing IDE, probably the best on the market. If you separate the IDE from the language, it's an excellent tool. The IDE integrates form design, object browsing, code structuring, database integration, Web integration, and anything else you want it to include. Had VB instead been VPython, it would have been a nearly perfect tool.
The second piece of MS VB that makes it so powerful is its Windows support.
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