From: "Paul H. Merrill" <paulmerrill@acm.org>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 08:29:37 -0700 (PDT)
To: josh d smith <josh434@juno.com>
Subject: Re: .
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VB isn't really all that bad, and it is a useful skill while Smalltalk is of
limited value.  As far as the version goes, VB5 is currently available and its
product will work directly with WIN32.  A more advisable phasing methodology
would be to only USE a small subset at first, adding other functionality to the
pot in use as time (and familiarity,  and experience, etc.) progress.

PHM

Anonymous wrote:

> 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.