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Hi all,

I have not really done any programming since college which was 20 years ago and then all we used was BBC basic, which I found fun and simple to use.

I would now like to have a bash at creating some up to date applications using the Visual studio 2005 express applications.

Of course I now class myself as a complete novice and so I need some advice, which is, am I making the right choice by skipping Visual Basic and diving straight into C#

Is C# a good language for complete novices

How about C++, is it just for proficient VB and C# users

Thanks in advance

GCAL.

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Is this the right one !!

Ashari Imamuddin
Thanks Peter,

So if I'm starting more or less from scratch, which I am or at least it feels like it, and I wish to progress to C++, would my best option be with C#

Does C# allow one to program more complex applications and games in comparison with VB
informass
Thanks again Peter,

I will start with C#.
striker72s
If your experience has been with a basic-type language, Visual Basic is probably the best place to start. C# comes in a close second; but it's syntax is more like C++. C++ is more low-level and you have to be very deterministic in what you do in C++, many of niceties of VB and C# don't happen in C++ leaving it more prone to creating errors.
jenbeeper

If you want to progress to C++, C# is probably a better place to start. Whatever you can do in C# 2005 you can do in VB 2005. There's actually programs and webpages to translate C# to VB code and back, like http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/utilities/convertvbtocsharp.aspx
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