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From: petergo@microsoft.UUCP (Peter GOLDE)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Visual Basic
Message-ID: <72721@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 91 17:32:27 GMT
References: <1991May30.200525.10375@swbatl.sbc.com>
Reply-To: petergo@microsoft.UUCP (Peter GOLDE)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <1991May30.200525.10375@swbatl.sbc.com> jbudden@swbatl.sbc.com (Jim Buddenhagen 5-5183) writes:
>Computerworld (5/27/91) had an article on Microsoft's new Windows Development
>language:  Visual Basic.  This language is (if I understand correctly) an
>extension of QuickBASIC and it is now in beta testing.

Visual Basic was announced at Comdex/Windows World two weeks ago.
It is a shipping product.  Both InfoWorld and PC Week have published
columns or first-look reviews of the product.

Yes, the language is based on the QuickBASIC language with extensions.
The product is designed to allow very easy, very fast production of
real Windows applications without having to know the Windows API
or spend the long learning time necessary to learn it.  

For the advanced programmer, calling to any DLL routine (including the 
Win API) is supported so access to any system function and 
cross-language development is supported.

Hope this doesn't sound too much like an advertisement; just trying
to clear up some of the confusion.

--Peter Golde (petergo%microsoft@uunet.uu.net)