What are the main Differences between visual basic 2008 (vb.net) and visual c++?

Question

i use visual basic 2008 (vb.net) but people say that C++ is better than
so
what are the main Differences between them?

Answer 1

Well, I personally use vb.net for writing GUI applications, as it's much easier to do than in C++. But I use C++ for everything else. It's really just personal opinion. I'd say give them both a try, decide for yourself. If you're looking to be a programmer or software engineer, you'll need to know a lot more than 2 languages anyway. Might as well get a general overview of as many as you can now rather than later.

Others to consider: C, C#, F#, Java, Perl [scripting], Python [scripting], Ruby, Delphi. Lots more, but I think those are the most popular ones.

Answer 2

Visual Basic is for Basic and Visual C++ is for C++.



As for the languages themselves, some people find that Basic is easier to learn/use, and I guess in a way it is, but I find it isn't as powerful as C++.

Plain and simple, Basic was designed as a language to help non-programmers program and C++ pretty much adds support for objects to a language (the C programming language) that was designed by programmers for programmers, to give experienced programmers better tools.

Answer 3

Different language and better flexibility. However, C++ is harder to understand, in my opinion.