I understand the hatred of VB generally but as a non-programmer (just technically literate and knows enough to be dangerous with a computer) writing VB (in the form of VBA) was extremely accessible and surprisingly intuitive - far more than I ever experienced when dabbling in python, JavaScript and Rust.
(What I made was unhinged, unholy and should never see the light of day. It made a normally talkative .net programmer go silent in shock yet it is responsible for managing the project resourcing in a big department in the company... But it was quite fun and it does work...)
My joke comment was based on love! I actually started my professional career with VB (3 no less) and it was an excellent language for what it was good for, mainly building good UIs. Sure, it could be -- and was -- used to create unearthly horrors, but that's true of every language and platform.
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glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zone · 54 pts · 61d
You can slam semicolons at the ends of lines in Python, interpreter doesn’t care
P sure you can do multiple lines in one line by slamming semicolons too, though idr for sure and I can’t be arsed to check
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 13 pts · 61d
I've done it a lot to add
import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
lengau@midwest.social · 8 pts · 61d
These days though you can just
breakpoint()AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 2 pts · 42d
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 60d
Until my boy
blacklet's you know about his redecoration ideas.ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 61d
Don't cry, babe -- at least I didn't say Visual Basic.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 10 pts · 61d
I do not ask your pardon, Master Elrond, for the Black Speech of
MordorMicrosoft may yet be heard in every corner of the West!daeraxa@programming.dev · 8 pts · 61d
I understand the hatred of VB generally but as a non-programmer (just technically literate and knows enough to be dangerous with a computer) writing VB (in the form of VBA) was extremely accessible and surprisingly intuitive - far more than I ever experienced when dabbling in python, JavaScript and Rust.
(What I made was unhinged, unholy and should never see the light of day. It made a normally talkative .net programmer go silent in shock yet it is responsible for managing the project resourcing in a big department in the company... But it was quite fun and it does work...)
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
My joke comment was based on love! I actually started my professional career with VB (3 no less) and it was an excellent language for what it was good for, mainly building good UIs. Sure, it could be -- and was -- used to create unearthly horrors, but that's true of every language and platform.
insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe · 12 pts · 61d
In a different language that uses whitespace:
I'm allowed to do it, it's allowed
(I don't use it a lot and I'm sure many dislike this because longer lines especially if they have less display width for whatever reason)
RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 61d
O, O, OHH burn it.
In this house we code one line per line.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 61d
You can fit so many lines in this line
Anders429@programming.dev · 12 pts · 60d
She's sad because she's realizing he's just a script kiddy and not a real programmer.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 10 pts · 61d
I'm not a fan of python too, so I get her crying.
JamonBear@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 61d
Give me some space!
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
I can change! Let me be your indents!
Haaveilija@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 60d
I need some space
Cyber@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 60d
4 spaces, or 8?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 60d
Oh, so now we're keeping score!?
Haaveilija@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
MySpace
Cyber@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 60d
Ooh, I forgot about them
I had an account there yeaaarrrsss ago when it litterally was just online storage, then it languished for a while before becoming a music site.
Ahhh, how times have changed
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 61d
Our company has seen long and bloody wars fought over the semicolon
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 61d
I use Javascript a lot - we finally threw off our shackles!
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 60d
Hear hear!
I'm on team, "Who gives a fuck?"
To some this is blasphemous
maxalmonte14@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
Well, that's depressing.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 60d
My memory is foggy - I thought she was the one who broke up with him.
endless_nameless@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 60d
python coders dont deserve love or air
rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 61d
What about Godot script?