Re: which language?

From: Rolf Magnus (ramagnus_at_t-online.de)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:25:02 +0200

Howard Kaikow wrote:

> It has been alleged that Microsoft Visual Basic (and VBA) are the most
> widely used languages due to their popularity in MSFT Windows and MSFT
> Office.

I doubt that. Visual Basic has no relevance at all outside the Microsoft
world. Remember, there are lots of systems not running windows (think
mobile phones, TV sets, antiblock sysems in cars, and of course
Workstations/Servers not running Windows). I'd say the most used
languages are C and C++, which are used a lot within the Microsoft
world as well as outside it.

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