nickthecoder12
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Few people have already developed big software in vb 6, so people are not ready to spend more money on developing new softwares so they are still using vb 6
Why do people still use vb6?
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manchesterfan
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- Jun 19, 2013
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Same opinions here. One problematic part with times and formatting them with split, can be used in .net by simple using timespans.
Dude its so outdated.
Dude its so outdated.
member8200
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VB6 maybe old, but still pretty useful and easy to use. On my opinion, there's no issue about this.
Same question might goes to 'why people still uses C language'. C is pretty powerful yet i think it's older than VB6.
if that's your expertise and you make money using it, then why switch to a different language.
Same question might goes to 'why people still uses C language'. C is pretty powerful yet i think it's older than VB6.
if that's your expertise and you make money using it, then why switch to a different language.
Avocado Plugins
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I ask myself that every day.
But on a more serious note - some complex systems have been written way back in the day in vb and then new layers have been added on top of those crappy codes so now it is less of an ROI to rewrite the deamn thing than to maintain it which is where a lot of headache comes from when you talk to software developers who have to deal with that on a daily basis! Woohoo!
But on a more serious note - some complex systems have been written way back in the day in vb and then new layers have been added on top of those crappy codes so now it is less of an ROI to rewrite the deamn thing than to maintain it which is where a lot of headache comes from when you talk to software developers who have to deal with that on a daily basis! Woohoo!
mohamedraouf
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- Sep 16, 2014
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First you should answer me. Why does people still use Windows 7 ?
decodemycode
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the best reason is money as software is already developed for particular applicaton then why should people waste moneny to re-develop it?
chocolatecricket
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Some of the programmers opted to retain the vb6 there are apps that they have developed over the course of 8 years. My friend tried to migrate from VB6 to .Net. He had several failed starts. He encountered number of error like missing of reference, etc.
Overhead is a factor, I think. There are lots of nice little features in VB.Net that should make things seem faster. However, it is not! In addition, there is a learning curve involved with exploiting those features besides.
Overhead is a factor, I think. There are lots of nice little features in VB.Net that should make things seem faster. However, it is not! In addition, there is a learning curve involved with exploiting those features besides.
carolinefdz
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- Oct 13, 2014
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There are various reason people uses vb6:
Visual Basic is Easy to learn Programming language.
With Visual Basic you can develop Windows based applications and games.
Visual Basic is much easier to learn than other language (like Visual C++),
and yet it's powerful programming language. Visual Basic suits more for application developing than for Games developing. Visual Basic have the widest variety of tools
that you can download on the internet and use in your programs.
Thanks.
Visual Basic is Easy to learn Programming language.
With Visual Basic you can develop Windows based applications and games.
Visual Basic is much easier to learn than other language (like Visual C++),
and yet it's powerful programming language. Visual Basic suits more for application developing than for Games developing. Visual Basic have the widest variety of tools
that you can download on the internet and use in your programs.
Thanks.
NO-CLUE-SEO
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Just because Microsoft say it's time to move on, do you believe them. Ive used vb6 for over 10 years. I know it's bugs and can program quickly with it. I'm not prepared to re-learn a new flavor of the same language and then spend more time discovering it's new bugs and limitations. Who has moved to windows 10 because Microsoft said it's better when in fact it's complete garbage.
Only 1 reason ms forces people to move on and of course it's so that they can make more money by selling yet again the same product to you.
If you're happy with the same car and it doesn't go wrong, keep it
Mark.
Only 1 reason ms forces people to move on and of course it's so that they can make more money by selling yet again the same product to you.
If you're happy with the same car and it doesn't go wrong, keep it
Mark.
cryptobanner
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Because old programs are still running and people don't wan't to spend money
Alex D.
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Can't you see you bumping threads from 2013? It won't help anyone. You think people still use vb6, it's silly.