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Update on technical differences between C# and VB.NET

Answer 1

+1 A:

VB.net supports XML-Integration, C# does not

VB.Net:

Dim xmlTree1 As XElement = _
    <Root>
        <Child1>1</Child1>
        <Child2>2</Child2>
        <Child3>3</Child3>
        <Child4>4</Child4>
        <Child5>5</Child5>
        <Child6>6</Child6>
    </Root>

versus C#:

XElement xmlTree1 = new XElement("Root",
    new XElement("Child1", 1),
    new XElement("Child2", 2),
    new XElement("Child3", 3),
    new XElement("Child4", 4),
    new XElement("Child5", 5),
    new XElement("Child6", 6)
);

dkson 2010-07-20 10:14:00

Answer 2

A:

Making a component that can be called from COM is very easy in VB.Net. In C# it is almost impossible.

Johann Strydom 2010-07-20 10:16:01

To all the people who have down voted me: Have you even tried doing it?

Johann Strydom 2010-07-20 12:12:14

No vote from me, -2 is about enough. But, yes, it is trivial. Mostly because it is done the *exact same way*. Maybe you ought to ask a question about it...

Hans Passant 2010-07-21 00:05:54

Answer 3

A:

Probably lots more, but in my day to day work these are the ones that annoy me the most (I can't abide VB.Net):

VB.Net has optional parameters, C# does not. C# has a mechanism to generate XML documentation from code tags. C# has the using keyword C# allows you to write unsafe (eg pointer-related) code.

hth.

5arx 2010-07-20 10:16:04

C# has optional parameters now.

Johann Strydom 2010-07-20 10:16:47

Are you sure about the *unmanaged* code part? Isn't that only in C++.Net?

Johann Strydom 2010-07-20 10:17:50

VB has the `Using` keyword: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/htd05whh.aspx

LukeH 2010-07-20 10:22:45

@Johann Strydom unsafe code in c#: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/chfa2zb8%28VS.71%29.aspx

dkson 2010-07-20 11:09:40

Interesting. Didn't even know it could be done.

Johann Strydom 2010-07-20 12:11:08

Answer 4

A:

Multiline string literal with @ in C# is missing in VB.NET. Makes long strings really annoying.

alxx 2010-07-20 11:46:50

Answer 5

A:

C# still doesn't have exception filters...

LukeH 2010-07-21 16:56:10

/me is deeply suspicious about conditional exception handling...

annakata 2010-07-21 17:21:39

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