The client I’m currently working for has a very large web application. They are midstream in a migration from classic ASP and VB6 to .NET. It’s a very large code base and it will take some time to get there completely. Coming up to speed with the application has been a bit painful in it’s own right, but coming back to the world of VB6 after a ~4 year abscense has been especially shocking to my system. I catch myself sarcastically asking myself the same questions my java buddies used to ask me when I used to show off my self proclaimed gnarly VB apps. Such as…
- Where the hell are the references?
- What is “Make <…>”?
- One more time… what’s a “module”?
- And LET does what?
- Why can’t I just delete it?
Mr. VB6 - you were a stud in your day, but can’t hold water these days. Time to step aside for good.