It's all perspective. I code in VB.NET, and it seems like all the examples are in C#. But yes, I think both languages are pretty easy to read...it doesn't take much work to translate C# code to VB code.Surely all ( read most ) of the examples of .NET ( asp.NET for instance ) are written in VB.NET. But one look at VB code and you can translate it into C# ( or at least most of it, the rest you figure out on the way ).
The crows maintain that a single crow could destroy the heavens. Doubtless this is so. But it proves nothing against the heavens, for the heavens signify simply: the impossibility of crows.
Ok thanks I think I've got a pretty good perspective on things now.
Just to note, if anyone else here is learning C#, I've found some pretty good videos:
http://www.azroc.co.uk/csharp/csharp.php
Just to point out a couple of things. C# is not platform specific. If you really wanted, you could install Linux on a PS2 to compile .NET code. Mono and Portable.NET are two projects to create a version of .NET that can be compiled for use on Linux/Unix/etc.
I don't think you really need to learn VB.NET if you're learning C#. It's easy enough to translate to C# and the job demand is for C#. What are the practical purposes for learning both languages? If I really wanted to I could learn a ridiculous number of languages to use with .NET, but I see no reason, funny as it sounds to be programming ASP.NET pages in PHP.
It took me a while to finally decide, but I think the reason I chose C# is:
Number 1. I like the C style syntax
2. Microsoft backed
3. Linux compatible (with mono)
4. C# and CLI runtime both standardized by ECMA, so that others can make open-source runtimes based on those standards(for other operating systems such as Linux).
5. XNA looks cool
6. Reasons 1-5 give the language a bright future.
I think it will be a slow rise, but eventually will be one of the most, if not most popular languages.
