Re: If VB.NET had CL macros....

(message (Hello 'Dimiter)
(you :wrote :on '(Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:30:29 -0700))
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DmS> But the question is why? Why in first place Microsoft invented such
DmS> dumb way of doing the things, and why there wasn't any band-aid
DmS> provided? That's not the only place, it's all over.

sometimes it seems that everything VB-related is made specially dumb and
idiotic.

do you know, for example, that in VBA editor you can't use mouse wheel to
scroll?
in any other normal Windows app, in Excel itself (which launches this VBA
editor), even in simpliest notepad you can do that.

but in VBA editor it's disabled (or just not implemented). and certainly it
annoys..

so is the VB language itself -- for absolutely no reasons it have features
that make programming better disabled.

DmS> And if VB.NET just had macroses - it would've been way easier.

with macros VB programs would be absolute freaking weirdness.
they'd better implement properly other language features..
e.g. if you'd have lambda (first-class functions) you won't really need
macros is 99% places.

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(With-best-regards '(Alex Mizrahi) :aka 'killer_storm)
"Hanging In The Balance Of Deceit And Blasphemy")


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