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From: bitshifter on 16 Feb 2010 10:40 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:53 -0600, DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: >=?Utf-8?B?SmFrZSBUaGUgSGF3aw==?= <Jake The >Hawk(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >news:EA24C5A0-E2E4-49A3-8A97-72B07DE73E26(a)microsoft.com: > >> >> Why is this newsgroup still active? I thought Microsoft killed VB6 in >> 2002? >> A language dies when the last programmer using that language dies and maybe not even then...
From: Bob Butler on 16 Feb 2010 11:36 <bitshifter(a)sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:4b7abc42.935421(a)news.newshosting.com... > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:53 -0600, DanS > <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: > >>=?Utf-8?B?SmFrZSBUaGUgSGF3aw==?= <Jake The >>Hawk(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >>news:EA24C5A0-E2E4-49A3-8A97-72B07DE73E26(a)microsoft.com: >> >>> >>> Why is this newsgroup still active? I thought Microsoft killed VB6 in >>> 2002? >>> > > A language dies when the last programmer using that language dies and > maybe not even then... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/ancient-language-extinct-speaker-dies Watch for the release of Bo.Net... English syntax but with Bo words substituted so MS can claim it as an "improved" version of Bo.
From: Tom Shelton on 16 Feb 2010 12:04
On 2010-02-16, Bob Butler <noway(a)nospam.ever> wrote: > ><bitshifter(a)sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:4b7abc42.935421(a)news.newshosting.com... >> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:53 -0600, DanS >> <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: >> >>>=?Utf-8?B?SmFrZSBUaGUgSGF3aw==?= <Jake The >>>Hawk(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >>>news:EA24C5A0-E2E4-49A3-8A97-72B07DE73E26(a)microsoft.com: >>> >>>> >>>> Why is this newsgroup still active? I thought Microsoft killed VB6 in >>>> 2002? >>>> >> >> A language dies when the last programmer using that language dies and >> maybe not even then... > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/ancient-language-extinct-speaker-dies > > Watch for the release of Bo.Net... English syntax but with Bo words > substituted so MS can claim it as an "improved" version of Bo. > > To close to boo. -- Tom Shelton |