Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Language history [ ] C# and VB.NET are syntactically very different languages with very different histories. As the name suggests, the C# syntax is based on the core originally developed by at (AT&T) in the 1970s. And C++ are two other programming languages whose syntax is also based on the C syntax, so they share a common look and feel. See for more on this topic. BASIC's roots go back to. BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was developed in the 60's as a method to overcome the difficulties of using ASSEMBLY language written for processor specific and/or brand name specific main frames and hardware. As you may recall, programming was hardware dependent by design more so for marketing reasons than to preserve the logical composition of programming that should transcend hardware. (Microsoft's claim to fame with its operating system was to free consumers from hardware specific devices by encapsulating those task within its operating system.) Code became 'portable' due to the compiler, and in fact, both BASIC AND CSHARP use the same CLR (Common Language Runtime) today. Add visual Basic so we can have compatibility between Windows and Mac for a large number of existing VB projects. I code and use programs daily on my windows and i prefer to be on mac for a lot of tasks. The 'Visual' in Visual Studio (from Visual Basic) was largely synonymous with visual UI (drag & drop WYSIWYG) design, so in that sense, VS Code Difference between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio 2017 for MAC Reported by Johnny Sandaire Jan 04 at 06:01 PM visual studio for mac I am. Microsoft and HP were interested in creating an ISO standard language, which was the original goal, however; HP dropped its support, and the ISO computer language never materialized as an International Standard. VB.NET has its roots in the language of the '60s with its name being an acronym for 'Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code'. In its beginning, BASIC was used in the college community as a 'basic' language for first exposure to computer programming and the acronym represented the language accurately. In the '70s, the language was picked up by microcomputer manufacturers of the era to be used as both a simple ROM embedded programming language as well as a quasi operating system for input/output control. In the early '80s, the language was picked up by Microsoft and expanded significantly beyond its original intent into their 'Visual Basic' language/platform that was sold throughout the 1990s as a 'rapid application development' (RAD) tool for Windows programming. It competed directly against other RAD tools of the 1990s such as. Even though Visual Basic was a successful development platform, it was discontinued after its 6th version (VB6) when Microsoft introduced the.NET Framework and its related Visual Studio development platform in the early 2000s. ![]() At that time, the current C++ and VB6 languages were used by Microsoft as the basis for two new programming languages in their new 'Integrated Development Environment (IDE)'. These languages were named C# and VB.NET In February 2017, Microsoft communicated their intent to end the 'co-evolution' strategy between the two languages that had existed since 2010, and allow the two languages to again evolve independently. C# is now the dominant Microsoft-based development language. Developers will notice that VB 15 (first appearing in Visual Studio 2017) lacks certain language capabilities contained in the new C# 7. ![]() Vpn for mac. Language comparison [ ] Though C# and VB.NET are syntactically very different, that is where the differences mostly end. Microsoft developed both of these languages to be part of the same.NET Framework development platform. They are both developed, managed, and supported by the same language development team at Microsoft. They compile to the same intermediate language (IL), which runs against the same.NET Framework runtime libraries. Although there are some differences in the programming constructs (discussed further below), their differences are primarily syntactic and, assuming one avoids the Visual Basic 'Compatibility' libraries provided by Microsoft to aid conversion from VB6, almost every command in VB has an equivalent command in C# and vice versa.
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