Python is a gem ,another successful day ....

[Ray Smith]

"Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote in message news:<am0Oa.461715$3n5.245818 at news2.central.cox.net>...

> I'd be interested in knowing some of the arguments you used to win over VB,
> as I've been asked to put a couple of articles together suggesting why VB
> users might consider switching to Python.

The first obvious reason is that VB 6 (which most VB users currently use) will 
be unsupported by 31-Mar-2005.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;LifeDevToolFam

The change from VB 6 to VB.Net is a huge change and in some cases a complete
re-write.  
For some features missing in .Net see:
http://www.mvps.org/vb/index2.html?rants/vfred.htm


Regards,

Ray Smith