From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
To: josh d smith <josh434@juno.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-05-22 14:29:10 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 07:29:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 07:29:10 -0700 (PDT)
To: josh d smith <josh434@juno.com>
Subject: .Re: programing
Message-ID: <199805221429.QAA08672@basement.replay.com>
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josh d smith wrote:
>
> hello it is i josh once again
> i finally bought a book for visual basic
> does anyone know where i can get a complier for version 5
> the book is by waite group press
> by e zone it's web based though and i don't have the internet but i think
> it will be fine reading it out of the book what do you think
> thanx josh
>
Josh,
Visual Basic is object oriented and uses late binding, like Smalltalk.
I advise you learn Smalltalk before trying to understand Visual Basic.
Also, version 5 is too advanced for a beginner. Start at version one and
only upgrade for new features as you need them.
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