Difference between VB and C++

Mandana,

The languages should be the same, as they both use the .NET frameowrk and the CLR.

I think perhaps you're asking because C++ is the past was defintely the faster choice, and the choice of language that you'd probably make if you were to do any low level, technical programming, such as but not limited to device drivers.

These days VB, C++, C# should all run the same speed generally, and the main differences are in the language constructs. Ordinarily my view is that VB is slightly more verbose than C#, and C++ is normal C++ with managed extension to allow it ro work with .NET and the garbage collector, which would make is slightly more verbose than normal C++, but probably not as much as VB.

There are a few minor differences with the way one language works differently to another which may mean that in a particular circumstance on language may perform faster than another, but generally this would even out over all the languages.

I hope that helps you out,

Martin.

MartinPlatt at 2007-10-2 >