Quoting Gareth Eason (bigbro at skynet.ie):
> VB is a FINE development language for GUI on a Windows platform....
However one feels about that (see below), last I checked, this wasn't an
MS-Windows mailing list. Not that that kink isn't OK, but the gentleman
would probably want to seek those particular tips in a more-relevant
forum.
> For a 'non-programmer' who wishes to learn a language solely for the
> purpose of developing a simple GUI with a minimal amount of back-end
> processing, VB is ideal for the job!!! No question about it.
You'll find that hardly anyone feels this claim has merit, including
(but hardly limited to) Benoît Minisini, creator of Gambas:
http://gambas.sourceforge.net/introduction.html
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